The Iliad
Subtitle: A Commentary (Iliad, a Commentary)
Contributors: Richard Janko (Editor); G. S. Kirk (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 31, 1992
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 485
ISBN-13: 9780521237123
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Homer; Greek Literature; Ancient (Classical) Greek; Literature: Classics; Iliad; Achilles (Greek mythology) in; Homer - Iliad; Literary Collections / Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Achilles (Greek mythology) in literature; Epic poetry, Greek; History and criticism; Literature and the war; Trojan War
First sentence: 1-7 Poem: invocation of the Muse and statement of the poet's theme - Akhilleus' wrath and its disastrous consequences