The IliadThe Iliad is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, for which Barry Powell, one of the twenty-first century's leading Homeric scholars, has given us a magnificent new translation. Graceful, lucid, and energetic, Powell's translation renders the Homeric Greek with a simplicity and dignity reminiscent of the original. The text immediately engrosses students with its tight and balanced rhythms, while the incantatory repetitions evoke a continuous "stream of sound" that offers as good an impression of Homer's Greek as one could hope to attain without learning the language. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Book 1 The Rage of Achilles | 41 |
Book 2 False Dream and the Catalog of Ships | 61 |
Book 3 The Duel Between Menelaos and Paris | 92 |
Book 4 Trojan Treachery Bitter War | 108 |
Book 5 The Glory of Diomedes | 127 |
Book 6 Hector and Andromachê Say Goodbye | 158 |
Book 7 The Duel Between Hector and Ajax | 177 |
Book 15 Counterattack | 348 |
Book 16 The Glory of Patroklos | 371 |
Book 17 The Fight Over the Corpse of Patroklos | 400 |
Book 18 The Shield of Achilles | 425 |
Book 19 Agamemnons Apology | 446 |
Book 20 The Duel Between Achilles and Aeneas | 461 |
Book 21 The Fight with the River and the Battle of the Gods | 478 |
Book 22 The Killing of Hector | 498 |
Book 8 Zeus Fulfills His Promise | 193 |
Book 9 The Embassy to Achilles | 212 |
Book 10 The Exploits of Dolono | 235 |
Book 11 The Glory of Agamemnon and the Wounding of the Captains | 256 |
Book 12 The Attack on the Wall | 286 |
Book 13 The Battle at the Ships | 302 |
Book 14 Zeus Deceived | 330 |
Book 23 The Funeral of Patroklos | 515 |
Book 24 The Ransom of Hector | 544 |
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Credits | 571 |
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