{"product_id":"9781784870577","title":"The Iliad","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Homer, Alexander, Caroline, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 03\/08\/2017,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 608 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Vintage Classics,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Vintage Publishing,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Poetry by individual poets, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Fiction in translation\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781784870577\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eRead this stunning translation of Homer's great war epic, the legendary tale of honour, love, loss and revenge during the fall of the city of Troy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHigh on Olympus, Zeus and the assembled deities look down on the world of men, to the city of Troy where a bitter and bloody war has dragged into its tenth year, and a quarrel rages between a legendary warrior and his commander. Greek ships decay, men languish, exhausted, and behind the walls of Troy a desperate people await the next turn of fate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the Iliad: an ancient story of enduring power; magnetic characters defined by stirring and momentous speeches; a panorama of human lives locked in a heroic struggle beneath a mischievous or indifferent heaven.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbove all, this is a tale of the devastation, waste and pity of war. Caroline Alexander's virtuoso translation captures the rhythms and energy of Homer's original Greek while making the text as accessible as possible to a modern reader, accompanied by extensive extra material to provide a background to the poem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe result of 3,000 years of story-telling, Homer's epic tale of the fall of Troy has resonated with every age and every human conflict: this is the Iliad at its most electrifying and vital.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44066670018797,"sku":"9781784870577","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781784870577.jpg?v=1682007032","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781784870577","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}