The Iliad: The Fitzgerald Translation

Front Cover
Macmillan, Apr 3, 2004 - Poetry - 640 pages

Anger be now your song, immortal one,
Akhilleus' anger, doomed and ruinous,
that caused the Akhaians loss on bitter loss
and crowded brave souls into the undergloom,
leaving so many dead men-carrion
for dogs and birds; and the will of Zeus was done.
-Lines 1-6

Since it was first published, Robert Fitzgerald's prizewinning translation of Homer's battle epic has become a classic in its own right: a standard against which all other versions of The Iliad are compared. Fitzgerald's work is accessible, ironic, faithful, written in a swift vernacular blank verse that "makes Homer live as never before" (Library Journal).

This edition includes a new foreword by Andrew Ford.

 

Selected pages

Contents

INTRODUCTION
xi
Quarrel Oath and Promise
3
Assembly and Muster of Armies
27
Dueling for a Haunted Lady
59
A Bowshot Bringing War
79
A Hero Strives with Gods
101
Interludes in Field and City
133
A Combat and a Rampart
153
Assault on the Ships
291
Beguilement on Mount Ida
321
The Lord of Storm
341
A Ship Fired a Tide Turned
369
Contending for a Soldier Fallen
399
The Immortal Shield
427
The Avenger Fasts and Arms
449
The Ranging of Powers
465

The Battle Swayed by Zeus
173
A Visit of Emissaries
195
Night in the Camp A Foray
221
Prowess and Wounds of Akhaians
243
The Rampart Breached
273
The Clash of Man and River
485
Desolation Before Troy
507
A Friend Consigned to Death
527
A Grace Given in Sorrow
559
Copyright

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Common terms and phrases

Agamemnon Aías Aineías Alexandros amid anger Antílokhos Aphrodítê Apollo Arês Argives armor arms army arrow Athêna Atreus battle blood bronze called captains chariot cloud combat command Danáäns daughter dead dear death decked ships Diomêdês drove dust earth eyes Father Zeus fell fight fighters fire gave gear gifts give glory goddess gods Greek groaning hand hard heart heaven Hektor Helen Hêlios helm helmet Hêphaistos Hêra Homer honor horses Idómeneus Iliad Ilion immortal killed knees Krónos long ships Lord Marshal Lord Zeus Lykians Marshal Agamemnon Menelaos Menoitios Meríonês mortal mother Myrmidons Nestor never night Odysseus Oïleus Olympos Patroklos Pêleus plain Poseidon Poulýdamas Priam Prince Akhilleus Pylos rage round runner Sarpêdôn shield ships shoulder shout soldiers spear spearhead stood stormcloud Teukros Thetis took town Trojans and Akhaians troops Troy turned Tydeus wall wind wound

About the author (2004)

Homer is a legendary ancient Greek epic poet, traditionally said to be the creator of the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. Homer's works form the groundwork of the Western Canon and are universally praised for their genius. Their formative influence in shaping many key aspects of Greek culture was recognized by the Greeks themselves, who considered him as their instructor. Robert Fitzgerald 's versions of The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Aeneid, and the Oedipus plays of Sophocles (with Dudley Fitts) are prized by scholars and general readers alike. An admired poet and teacher of writing, he died in 1988.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Iliad: The Fitzgerald Translation
AuthorHomer
Translated byRobert Fitzgerald
Editionreprint
PublisherMacmillan, 2004
ISBN0374529051, 9780374529055
Length640 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Poetry / American / General
Poetry / Ancient & Classical
Poetry / Anthologies (multiple authors)
Poetry / Epic
Poetry / General
  
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