{"product_id":"9780140444445","title":"The Iliad","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Homer, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 27\/08\/1987,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 528 pages, index,\u003cbr\u003e Series: 20th Century Architects, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Penguin Classics,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Classic poetry, Fiction in translation\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780140444445\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first of the world's great tragedies, The Iliad centres on the pivotal four days towards the end of the ten-year war between the Greeks and the Trojans. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a series of dramatic set pieces, it follows the story of the humiliation of Achilleus at the hands of Agamemnon and his slaying of Hektor: a barbarous act with repercussions that ultimately determine the fate of Troy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Iliad not only paints an intimate picture of individual experience, but also offers a universal perspective in which human loss and suffering are set against a vast and unpitying divine background where fickle, quarrelsome gods decide the fate of men.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslated with an Introduction by Martin Hammond\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36229127012505,"sku":"9780140444445","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780140444445.jpg?v=1601403808","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780140444445","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}