The Iliad of Homer
By: translated by Alexander Pope.
Contributors: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Publisher: A.S. Barnes & Co.
Published: 1848
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1212
Subjects: Epic poetry, Greek -- Translations into English; Achilles (Greek mythology) -- Poetry; Trojan War -- Poetry
Genres: Translations into English.; Poetry.
Description: Pope spent his formative years as a poet translating Homer, beginning with the Iliad, and in his translation he successfully found a style that answers the sublimity and grace of Homer. Steven Shankman provides scholarly critical apparatus for this Penguin English Poets edition, which is based on the 1743 edition that contains the poet's final revisions. Pope's Preface and the three indexes are also included.

Most importantly, this edition makes available for the first time in paperback Pope's notes in their entirety, enabling us to observe one poetic genius illuminate the work of another.
Notes: LC copy inscribed by H.B. Spofford.