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The Iliad: (The Stephen Mitchell Translation) (2012)

by Homer(Favorite Author)

3.78 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1439163383 (ISBN13: 9781439163382)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Atria Books

review 1: I really enjoyed The Iliad by Homer, I thought the plot was engrossing despite difficult to comprehend at times, as so much happened, I had to put down the book to run through what I had just read. I also found it hard to differentiate between POV's at times. With it being one of the two or three foundational texts for all of western culture, I definitely appreciated what it taught about the depth of insight into human life, and I found myself entertained by the mythology, something I've always found an interest of mine. The analyzation of the ethics of war in the poem was very insightful and expanded my thoughts on the matter after I was finished reading.
review 2: Introduction and Notes by Bernard KnoxThe introduction is very dry, but the poem, itself, is ric... moreh with description and content. In fact, it almost too rich. Every blow, every death, every weapon, every piece of armor is described in excruciating detail. Many time, a brief history of the warrior, his horses, or his armor is also provided. Blood and guts dominate the blow-by-blow descriptions of the conflict, and the battle seems interminable.The translation is truly superb. Robert Fagles does a great job of translating the original Greek into modern English. The ending is anticlimactic. I was expecting a more powerful ending to Homer's epic poem, but it is what it is, I suppose. The book is long, and is not an easy read, IMO. Still -- it is worth the effort. less

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Stacy

I really enjoyed The Iliad by Homer, I thought the plot was engrossing despite difficult to comprehend at times, as so much happened, I had to put down the book to run through what I had just read. I also found it hard to differentiate between POV's at times. With it being one of the two or three foundational texts for all of western culture, I definitely appreciated what it taught about the depth of insight into human life, and I found myself entertained by the mythology, something I've always found an interest of mine. The analyzation of the ethics of war in the poem was very insightful and expanded my thoughts on the matter after I was finished reading.

naj

Esta epopeya, debida a Homero, cuyo argumento es un episodio de cincuenta y un días, desarrollado en el décimo año de la guerra de Troya, constituye un monumento de la cultura universal y, en palabras de Dostoyevski, 'confirió a la ordenación de la vida terrestre y espiritual del mundo antiguo una estructura semejante a la que dio el cristianismo al mundo moderno'. En sus páginas, los dioses y los héroes actúan y luchan con impresionante grandeza. Esta obra proporciona al lector una fuente imprescindible para el conocimiento de los orígenes de la civilización clásica.

leuname

The beginning of it all.

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