false 47120 <![CDATA[La Iliada (Clasicos Universales)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170345995m/47120.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170345995s/47120.jpg Iliad that delights modern sensibility and aesthetic without sacrificing the grandeur and particular genius of Homer's own style and language. The Iliad is one of the two great epics of Homer, and is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time, but to say the Iliad is a war story does not begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and characters: Achilles, Helen, Hector, and other heroes of Greek myth and history in the tenth and final year of the Greek siege of Troy.

Introduction and notes by Bernard Knox.]]> 1371 268 3293141 book -750 The Iliad total:21107|5:5972|4:6816|3:6016|2:1802|1:503| 21107 79269 27303 993 903 3.69 120774 2877 10914295 424514 915801 0226469379 9780226469379 5 <![CDATA[The Iliad]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179430366m/915801.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179430366s/915801.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/915801.The_Iliad 4.10 29 New York Review of Books]]> -750 5 16 false Sun Dec 23 09:25:08 -0800 2007 Tue Mar 03 04:49:38 -0800 2009 more...]]> 21625700 71127 1371 0140275363 9780140275360 641 <![CDATA[The Iliad]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/13/371/1371-m-1255992684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/13/371/1371-s-1255992684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1371.The_Iliad 3.73 16489
Translated by Robert Fagles
Introduction and Notes by Bernard]]> -750 5 10 false Wed May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 06:35:22 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 18:13:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 48538263 175635 1371 0140275363 9780140275360 641 <![CDATA[The Iliad]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/13/371/1371-m-1255992684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/13/371/1371-s-1255992684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1371.The_Iliad 3.76 21107
Translated by Robert Fagles
Introduction and Notes by Bernard]]> -750 5 8 false Sat Mar 07 15:34:31 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 15:35:14 -0800 2009
I...more...]]> 15661250 832410 1372 0226469409 9780226469409 91 <![CDATA[The Iliad of Homer (Phoenix Books)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199839957m/1372.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199839957s/1372.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1372.The_Iliad_of_Homer 3.84 1279
"Certainly the best modern verse translation."—Gilbert Highet

"This magnificent translation of Homer's epic poem . . . will appeal to admirers of Homer and the classics, and the multitude who always wanted to read the great Iliad but never got around to doing so."—The American Book Collector

"Perhaps closer to Homer in every way than any other version made in English."—Peter Green, The New Republic

"The feat is decisive that it is reasonable to foresee a century or so in which nobody will try again to put the Iliad in English verse."—Robert Fitzgerald

"Each new generation is bound to produce new translations. [Lattimore] has done better with nobility, as well as with accuracy, than any other modern verse translator. In our age we do not often find a fine scholar who is also a genuine poet and who takes the greatest pains over the work of translation."—Hugh Lloyd-Jones, New York Review of Books

"Over the long haul Lattimore's translation is more powerful because its effects are more subtle."—Booklist

"Richmond Lattimore is a fine translator of poetry because he has a poetic voice of his own, authentic and unmistakable and yet capable of remarkable range of modulation. His translations make the English reader aware of the poetry."—Moses Hadas, The New York Times
]]> -750 1 5 true Sun Feb 17 19:06:39 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 19:07:00 -0800 2008
Oh My God, I absolutely HATED the Iliad. If you want to read a bunch of reviews by people who loved this book, go to Amazon and read the reviews there. The fans of this book will say that this is the ultimate book of war and this is the be...more...]]> 2883008 180643 1373 0872203522 9780872203525 25 <![CDATA[The Iliad]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1158208290m/1373.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1158208290s/1373.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1373.The_Iliad 4.11 208 Iliad or The Odyssey know a lot about them. The Trojan Horse, Achilles' heel, the Sirens' call, Scylla and Charybdis--all have entered popular mythology, becoming metaphors for the less heroic situations we face in our own lives. Ever since these oral poems were committed to paper (probably in the 8th century B.C.E.), people have been translating them. The version of Iliad translated by Stanley Lombardo is a brave departure from previous translations; Lombardo attempts to adapt the text to the needs of readers rather than the listeners for whom the work was originally intended. To this end, he has streamlined the poem, removing many of the stock repetitions such as the infamous "rosy-fingered dawn," or rewriting them in ways dependent on their context. What emerges is a vivid, lively rendition of one of the world's great stories of men and war.

But classicists, beware: This Iliad has something of a '90s sensibility, from the cover art (a photograph of the D-Day Normandy landing) to Achilles' Rambo-like diction. It might well outrage the purists, but for those who remember their musty high-school reading of Homer's great epic with a barely suppressed yawn, Lombardo's energetic translation is just the version to change their minds.

]]> -750 5 4 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 19:08:45 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 01 23:27:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4136015 253049 1372 0226469409 9780226469409 91 <![CDATA[The Iliad of Homer (Phoenix Books)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199839957m/1372.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199839957s/1372.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1372.The_Iliad_of_Homer 3.76 21107
"Certainly the best modern verse translation."—Gilbert Highet

"This magnificent translation of Homer's epic poem . . . will appeal to admirers of Homer and the classics, and the multitude who always wanted to read the great Iliad but never got around to doing so."—The American Book Collector

"Perhaps closer to Homer in every way than any other version made in English."—Peter Green, The New Republic

"The feat is decisive that it is reasonable to foresee a century or so in which nobody will try again to put the Iliad in English verse."—Robert Fitzgerald

"Each new generation is bound to produce new translations. [Lattimore] has done better with nobility, as well as with accuracy, than any other modern verse translator. In our age we do not often find a fine scholar who is also a genuine poet and who takes the greatest pains over the work of translation."—Hugh Lloyd-Jones, New York Review of Books

"Over the long haul Lattimore's translation is more powerful because its effects are more subtle."—Booklist

"Richmond Lattimore is a fine translator of poetry because he has a poetic voice of his own, authentic and unmistakable and yet capable of remarkable range of modulation. His translations make the English reader aware of the poetry."—Moses Hadas, The New York Times
]]> -750 5 3 false Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 1968 Sun Aug 05 23:43:57 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 00:04:44 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2740916 172965 847086 0385059418 9780385059411 12 <![CDATA[The Iliad]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178857798m/847086.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178857798s/847086.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/847086.The_Iliad 3.92 148
The poem concerns events during the tenth & final year in the siege of the city of Ilion, or Troy, by the Greeks. The word Iliad means "pertaining to Ilion" (Latin, Ilium), the city proper, as opposed to Troy (Turkish "Troya", Greek, Τροία, Troía; Latin, Troia, Troiae, f.), the state centered around Ilium, over which the names Ilium & Troy are often used interchangeably.

This translation of The Iliad equals Fitzgerald's earlier Odyssey in power & imagination. It recreates the original action, using fresh & flexible blank verse that is both lyrical & dramatic.]]> -750 4 2 false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Jul 05 10:59:05 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 11:00:04 -0700 2007 more...]]> 41628383 199973 1371 0140275363 9780140275360 641 <![CDATA[The Iliad]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/13/371/1371-m-1255992684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/13/371/1371-s-1255992684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1371.The_Iliad 3.76 21107
Translated by Robert Fagles
Introduction and Notes by Bernard]]> -750 4 2 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 12:56:45 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 10:32:40 -0800 2009
Also, any study of war texts should include this or at least keep it in mind. It's just a hop, skip and jump from here to Mallory, Chretien de Troyes and all thos...more...]]> 48699016 1019174 835463 0453007740 9780453007740 2 <![CDATA[The Iliad]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178768699m/835463.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178768699s/835463.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/835463.The_Iliad 3.94 16 Iliad that delights modern sensibility and aesthetic without sacrificing the grandeur and particular genius of Homer's own style and language. The Iliad is one of the two great epics of Homer, and is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time, but to say the Iliad is a war story does not begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and characters: Achilles, Helen, Hector, and other heroes of Greek myth and history in the tenth and final year of the Greek siege of Troy.]]> -750 4 2 false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 09:59:10 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 20:19:03 -0700 2009 The Iliad. First as an undergrad in various Western Civ and Greek history classes, then as a TA in grad school (for the same classes just from the other side of the podium). I even got to translate fragments in my Greek-language classes. But I never had a des...more...]]> 4335513 261614 1372 0226469409 9780226469409 91 <![CDATA[The Iliad of Homer (Phoenix Books)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199839957m/1372.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199839957s/1372.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1372.The_Iliad_of_Homer 3.76 21107
"Certainly the best modern verse translation."—Gilbert Highet

"This magnificent translation of Homer's epic poem . . . will appeal to admirers of Homer and the classics, and the multitude who always wanted to read the great Iliad but never got around to doing so."—The American Book Collector

"Perhaps closer to Homer in every way than any other version made in English."—Peter Green, The New Republic

"The feat is decisive that it is reasonable to foresee a century or so in which nobody will try again to put the Iliad in English verse."—Robert Fitzgerald

"Each new generation is bound to produce new translations. [Lattimore] has done better with nobility, as well as with accuracy, than any other modern verse translator. In our age we do not often find a fine scholar who is also a genuine poet and who takes the greatest pains over the work of translation."—Hugh Lloyd-Jones, New York Review of Books

"Over the long haul Lattimore's translation is more powerful because its effects are more subtle."—Booklist

"Richmond Lattimore is a fine translator of poetry because he has a poetic voice of his own, authentic and unmistakable and yet capable of remarkable range of modulation. His translations make the English reader aware of the poetry."—Moses Hadas, The New York Times
]]> -750 0 2 false Thu Aug 09 16:45:00 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 04:32:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3500706 197436 22221 0471377589 9780471377580 8 <![CDATA[The Illiad]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183046090m/22221.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183046090s/22221.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22221.The_Illiad 3.73 263 Iliad that delights modern sensibility and aesthetic without sacrificing the grandeur and particular genius of Homer's own style and language. The Iliad is one of the two great epics of Homer, and is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time, but to say the Iliad is a war story does not begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and characters: Achilles, Helen, Hector, and other heroes of Greek myth and history in the tenth and final year of the Greek siege of Troy.

Introduction and notes by Bernard Knox.]]> -750 5 1 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Wed Jul 25 07:39:10 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 18:41:48 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3091543 192891 117929 0140445927 9780140445923 23 <![CDATA[The Iliad]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171745071m/117929.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171745071s/117929.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117929.The_Iliad 3.91 284 Iliad that delights modern sensibility and aesthetic without sacrificing the grandeur and particular genius of Homer's own style and language. The Iliad is one of the two great epics of Homer, and is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time, but to say the Iliad is a war story does not begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and characters: Achilles, Helen, Hector, and other heroes of Greek myth and history in the tenth and final year of the Greek siege of Troy.]]> -750 5 1 false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sun Jul 15 05:52:51 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 00:40:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 51200618 213722 1133833 0679410759 9780679410751 5 <![CDATA[The Iliad (Everyman's Library classics, #60)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181258283m/1133833.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181258283s/1133833.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1133833.The_Iliad 3.93 29 The Iliad does justice in every way to the fluent vigor and gravity of the Homeric original.]]> -750 5 1 false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 17:35:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 17:47:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 40597288 1159787 1372 0226469409 9780226469409 91 <![CDATA[The Iliad of Homer (Phoenix Books)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199839957m/1372.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199839957s/1372.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1372.The_Iliad_of_Homer 3.76 21107
"Certainly the best modern verse translation."—Gilbert Highet

"This magnificent translation of Homer's epic poem . . . will appeal to admirers of Homer and the classics, and the multitude who always wanted to read the great Iliad but never got around to doing so."—The American Book Collector

"Perhaps closer to Homer in every way than any other version made in English."—Peter Green, The New Republic

"The feat is decisive that it is reasonable to foresee a century or so in which nobody will try again to put the Iliad in English verse."—Robert Fitzgerald

"Each new generation is bound to produce new translations. [Lattimore] has done better with nobility, as well as with accuracy, than any other modern verse translator. In our age we do not often find a fine scholar who is also a genuine poet and who takes the greatest pains over the work of translation."—Hugh Lloyd-Jones, New York Review of Books

"Over the long haul Lattimore's translation is more powerful because its effects are more subtle."—Booklist

"Richmond Lattimore is a fine translator of poetry because he has a poetic voice of his own, authentic and unmistakable and yet capable of remarkable range of modulation. His translations make the English reader aware of the poetry."—Moses Hadas, The New York Times
]]> -750 5 1 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1984 Sun Dec 21 10:17:39 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 10:21:32 -0800 2008 5 more...]]> 32676528 695116 1371 0140275363 9780140275360 641 <![CDATA[The Iliad]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/13/371/1371-m-1255992684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/13/371/1371-s-1255992684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1371.The_Iliad 3.76 21107
Translated by Robert Fagles
Introduction and Notes by Bernard]]> -750 5 1 false Fri Sep 12 03:30:42 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 03:47:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 6954208 359529 1373 0872203522 9780872203525 25 <![CDATA[The Iliad]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1158208290m/1373.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1158208290s/1373.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1373.The_Iliad 3.76 21107 Iliad or The Odyssey know a lot about them. The Trojan Horse, Achilles' heel, the Sirens' call, Scylla and Charybdis--all have entered popular mythology, becoming metaphors for the less heroic situations we face in our own lives. Ever since these oral poems were committed to paper (probably in the 8th century B.C.E.), people have been translating them. The version of Iliad translated by Stanley Lombardo is a brave departure from previous translations; Lombardo attempts to adapt the text to the needs of readers rather than the listeners for whom the work was originally intended. To this end, he has streamlined the poem, removing many of the stock repetitions such as the infamous "rosy-fingered dawn," or rewriting them in ways dependent on their context. What emerges is a vivid, lively rendition of one of the world's great stories of men and war.

But classicists, beware: This Iliad has something of a '90s sensibility, from the cover art (a photograph of the D-Day Normandy landing) to Achilles' Rambo-like diction. It might well outrage the purists, but for those who remember their musty high-school reading of Homer's great epic with a barely suppressed yawn, Lombardo's energetic translation is just the version to change their minds.

]]> -750 4 1 false Fri Sep 28 11:56:46 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 28 11:56:46 -0700 2007 appreciation, either. It's just flat-out a fun read. I don't know jack about translating Ancient Greek, bu...more...]]> 57653691 1947815 1371 0140275363 9780140275360 641 <![CDATA[The Iliad]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/13/371/1371-m-1255992684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/13/371/1371-s-1255992684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1371.The_Iliad 3.76 21107
Translated by Robert Fagles
Introduction and Notes by Bernard]]> -750 0 1 false Thu May 28 14:55:07 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 17:39:21 -0700 2009 38685489 1752430 1371 0140275363 9780140275360 641 <![CDATA[The Iliad]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/13/371/1371-m-1255992684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/13/371/1371-s-1255992684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1371.The_Iliad 3.76 21107
Translated by Robert Fagles
Introduction and Notes by Bernard]]> -750 2 0 false Mon Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 26 06:58:21 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 07:09:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 80129048 2502381 1372 0226469409 9780226469409 91 <![CDATA[The Iliad of Homer (Phoenix Books)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199839957m/1372.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199839957s/1372.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1372.The_Iliad_of_Homer 3.76 21107
"Certainly the best modern verse translation."—Gilbert Highet

"This magnificent translation of Homer's epic poem . . . will appeal to admirers of Homer and the classics, and the multitude who always wanted to read the great Iliad but never got around to doing so."—The American Book Collector

"Perhaps closer to Homer in every way than any other version made in English."—Peter Green, The New Republic

"The feat is decisive that it is reasonable to foresee a century or so in which nobody will try again to put the Iliad in English verse."—Robert Fitzgerald

"Each new generation is bound to produce new translations. [Lattimore] has done better with nobility, as well as with accuracy, than any other modern verse translator. In our age we do not often find a fine scholar who is also a genuine poet and who takes the greatest pains over the work of translation."—Hugh Lloyd-Jones, New York Review of Books

"Over the long haul Lattimore's translation is more powerful because its effects are more subtle."—Booklist

"Richmond Lattimore is a fine translator of poetry because he has a poetic voice of his own, authentic and unmistakable and yet capable of remarkable range of modulation. His translations make the English reader aware of the poetry."—Moses Hadas, The New York Times
]]> -750 5 0 false Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sun Dec 06 19:55:03 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 06 20:42:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 74706863 2507949 117929 0140445927 9780140445923 23 <![CDATA[The Iliad]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171745071m/117929.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171745071s/117929.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117929.The_Iliad 3.76 21107 Iliad that delights modern sensibility and aesthetic without sacrificing the grandeur and particular genius of Homer's own style and language. The Iliad is one of the two great epics of Homer, and is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time, but to say the Iliad is a war story does not begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and characters: Achilles, Helen, Hector, and other heroes of Greek myth and history in the tenth and final year of the Greek siege of Troy.]]> -750 5 0 false Fri Oct 16 04:40:44 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 04:41:42 -0700 2009
The poem’s subject matter is the war between the Greeks and Trojans, set off by the elopeme...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=47120