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The Iliad

Homer

Start date: February 1, 2015

Finish date: March 15, 2015

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Jan 20, 2015 Katy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: adventure, poetry

I went to the library looking for the Fagles edition. They didn’t have it. The librarian offered to get it from another branch, but I decided to check the shelves and found this which has turned out to be a very lucky choice
That said here is what I like. It has a contemporary feel. It moves. It has an intensity that just compels you to keep reading. Mitchell has achieved this by eliminating some of the stock epithets, such as: “bronze clad Achaeans,” “flashing helmeted Hector.” While these ep ...more

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Jan 03, 2008 Jim rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: all-time-favorite

I am told that this version best reflects the Greek sound of the Iliad, and it has a certain elegance once you get used to the awkward sentence structures which may have been needed to make the poem scan. This was where I first encountered Homer.

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Jul 04, 2008 Inder rated it it was amazing

Shelves: to-reread, classics, to-buy

One day. Also, why isn't this on the 1001 Books list? I'm generally not one to whine about all of the omissions from the list (1001 is enough, thank you) - but to choose Aesop and Ovid, but not Homer? Ridiculous. ...more

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