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The Iliad

Homer,

E.V. Rieu (Translator)

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Jul 09, 2013 Jon rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Not really the story of the Trojan War but the story of Achilles' anger (his Achilles heel) which is the story petitioned of the muse. Written from the muses' (omniscient) POV where the Myrmidons and other mortals' war looks ant-like. The story begins with Achilles anger resulting from hurt pride and ego and ends with his empathy towards Priam's mourning of his lost son, Hector. ...more

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Oct 11, 2009 Angela Randall marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: fadiman-lifetime-reading-plan, we-own, i-own-ebook, michaeldirda-knowledge-worth-having, history, ancient, jane-gleeson-white-classics, 101-books-for-college-bound, a-great-list-of-top-books-to-read, young-adult-educational-material

Jane Gleeson-White in Classics said this of the Robert Fagles translation: "His version is not only compelling, it is immensely readable".

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The Iliad & Odyssey of Homer Retold for Children by Barbara Leonie Picard by Homer

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Sep 28, 2007 Lis rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: need-to-reread

this and the golden fleece were my obsessions since fourth grade, although i remember the golden fleece much more vividly, perhaps because i was too young to truly comprehend everything in the iliad. i recently found my copy of the iliad again and it is so destroyed that it is unreadable. i found a hardcover copy in a used book store, so i will have to reread it now as an adult.

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