An IliadA bold re-imagining of our civilization’s greatest tale of war, from the acclaimed and bestselling author of Silk. In An Iliad, Alessandro Baricco re-creates the siege of Troy through the voices of twenty-one Homeric characters, in the narrative idiom of our modern imagination. From the return of Chryseis to the burial of Hector, we see through human eyes and feel with human hearts the unforgettable events first recounted almost three thousand years ago. Imbuing the stuff of legend with a startling new relevancy and humanity, Baricco gives us The Iliad as we have never known it. His transformative achievement is certain to delight and fascinate all readers of Homer’s indispensable classic. |
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Achaeans Achilles Aeneas afraid Agamemnon Ajax ALESSANDRO BARICCO Andromache anger Antilochus Argos armor arms army arrow Athena attack beautiful began beside blood body of Patroclus Briseis bronze tip brother chariot chest courage cried dead death defend Deiphobus Diomedes dust earth Epeus escape Euphorbus Eurypylus eyes fate father fight flee gifts Glaucus glory go into battle gods ground hands head heard heart Hector Hecuba Helen helmet hero fell honor horses hurled Idomeneus Iliad killed lion listen looked loved Menelaus mother Nestor never night Odysseus Pandarus Paris Patroclus pity plain Priam raised his spear remember rose rushed Sarpedon Scaean gates shield shining ships shoulders shouting sleep someone sons spoke stay stop struck sword tears Telamonian Ajax tell tent Teucer took trench Trojans voice waiting walls of Troy warrior weapons weep wept women wounded Zeus