While preserving the basic narrative of the Iliad, this selection also highlights the epic's high poetic moments and essential mythological content, and will prove especially useful in surveys of world literature.
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Stanley Lombardo is Professor of Classics, University of Kansas.
Sheila Murnaghan is Professor of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania.
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Choose the Same Author's "Essential Homer",
By T. W. (Northeastern United States) - See all my reviews
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This "Essential Iliad" contains about one third of the Iliad. There is a somewhat different abridgment of this same translation in "The Essential Homer," which contains about (I reckon) 44% of the Iliad.What does the extra 11% get you? A much better and more representative distillation of the Iliad, in my opinion. For example, the passages towards the end of the Iliad that show Achilles returned to the battle in all his fury over the death of Patroclus, spitting out famous bitter speeches about life and death, are in "Essential Homer" but not "Essential Iliad." So get the "Essential Homer" instead.
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I really enjoy this translation. I think it's perfect for the classroom and is very easy to read. It's clear, and the language isn't so heightened that people are intimidated by it. This is a must for any college student.
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Iliad by Homer,
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Usually, I have been satisfied with Amazon purchases, but I was disappointed in the Iliad. The text jumped from somewhere in book 18 to 21 (entirely skipping books 19 and 20 and then books 21-24 are repeated.
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forty ships, other immortals, fifty ships, funeral games Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Spontaneity and Tradition: A Study in the Oral Art of Homer by Michael N. Nagler in Back Matter
- The Singer Resumes the Tale (Myth and Poetics) by Albert B. Lord in Back Matter
- Homer: Poet of the Iliad by Mark W. Edwards in Back Matter
- The Language of Heroes: Speech and Performance in the Iliad (Myth and Poetics) by Richard P. Martin in Back Matter
- Greece and Rome (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series) by Joan R. Mertens in Back Matter
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- Homer: The Essential Iliad by Homer in Front Matter
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