Ilíada (edición especial en tapa dura) / The Iliad (Special Hardcover Edition)

by Homer, Fernando Gutiérrez (Translator)

568 pages, Hardcover

Expected publication October 20, 2026

About the author

Homer (Greek: Όμηρος born c. 8th century BC) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the most revered and influential authors in history.
Homer's Iliad centers on a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles during the last year of the Trojan War. The Odyssey chronicles the ten-year journey of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, back to his home after the fall of Troy. The poems are in Homeric Greek, also known as Epic Greek, a literary language which shows a mixture of features of the Ionic and Aeolic dialects from different centuries; the predominant influence is Eastern Ionic. Most researchers believe that the poems were originally transmitted orally. Despite being predominantly known for its tragic and serious themes, the Homeric poems also contain instances of comedy and laughter.
Homer's epic poems shaped aspects of ancient Greek culture and education, fostering ideals of heroism, glory, and honor. To Plato, Homer was simply the one who "has taught Greece" (τὴν Ἑλλάδα πεπαίδευκεν). In Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, Virgil refers to Homer as "Poet sovereign", king of all poets; in the preface to his translation of the Iliad, Alexander Pope acknowledges that Homer has always been considered the "greatest of poets". From antiquity to the present day, Homeric epics have inspired many famous works of literature, music, art, and film.
The question of by whom, when, where and under what circumstances the Iliad and Odyssey were composed continues to be debated. Scholars remain divided as to whether the two works are the product of a single author. It is thought that the poems were composed at some point around the late eighth or early seventh century BC. Many accounts of Homer's life circulated in classical antiquity; the most widespread account was that he was a blind bard from Ionia, a region of central coastal Anatolia in present-day Turkey. Modern scholars consider these accounts legendary.

French: Homère, Italian: Omero, Portuguese, Spanish: Homero.

Reviews

[Daniel Jimenez]

Lectura en tono de recital, y aunque entretenida en el ámbito mitológico, puede ser difícil de leer y sobre todo de enganchar al lector al hacer mucho hincapié en héroes de la guerra y sus hazañas puramente bélicas.

[Raúl Díaz]

Esta lectura narra el asedio de la ciudad de Troya por los aqueos, para rescatar a Helena, esposa del rey Menelao, la cual fue raptada por Paris, príncipe troyano. Después de este hecho, se origina una guerra entre aqueos y troyanos que hace historia durante años consiguiendo por medio del engaño, la conquista de la ciudad de Troya, gracias al famoso caballo de madera.
Vemos personajes muy conocidos como Aquiles, Héctor, Agamenón y Melenao, Patroclo, Artemisa… siguiendo sobre todo la línea narrativa del famoso guerrero Aquiles.
Es una historia que trata la guerra, pero también habla del valor y la fuerza. De la admiración, el engaño, poder, la cólera, el honor, el amor, la muerte… y sobre todo la humanidad.

[Alejandro García]

Me gustó mucho leerlo, muy entretenido, pero si que es cierto que según iba avanzando la historia se me hacían bola ciertos momentos. Sentía que hay muchos combates en los que x se enfrenta a x que son muy parecidos y demasiado repetitivos.

[Drey Blackbeak]

Dnf no puc més. Quería releerlo antes de empezar con la Odisea, pero no puedo con todo el catálogo y toda la batalla una a una y una a una y una a una. Ya volveré cuando tenga paciencia