"Sing, Goddess, the Anger of Peleus' Son Achilleus / and Its Devastation." for Sixty Years, That's How Homer Has Begun the "Iliad" in English, in Richmond Lattimore's Faithful Translation--The Gold Standard for Generations of Students and General Readers.
This Long-Awaited New Edition of Lattimore's "Iliad" is Designed to Bring the Book Into the Twenty-First Century--While Leaving the "Poem" As Firmly Rooted in Ancient Greece As Ever. Lattimore's Elegant, Fluent Verses--With Their Memorably Phrased Heroic Epithets and Remarkable Fidelity to the Greek--Remain Unchanged, but Classicist Richard Martin Has Added a Wealth of Supplementary Materials Designed to Aid New Generations of Readers. a New Introduction Sets the Poem in the Wider Context of Greek Life, Warfare, Society, and Poetry, While Line-By-Line Notes at the Back of the Volume Offer Explanations of Unfamiliar Terms, Information About the Greek Gods and Heroes, and Literary Appreciation. a Glossary and Maps Round Out the B