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The Iliadby Homer and Robert Fagles
AwardsWinner of the Academy of American Poets 1991 London Translation Award
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Robert Fagles, winner of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and a 1996 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters presents us with his universally acclaimed modern verse translation of the world's greatest war story. Rage-Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus' son Achilles, murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaeans countless losses, hurling down to the House of Death so many sturdy souls? Thus begins the stirring story of the Trojan War and the rage of Achilles that has gripped listeners and readers for 2,700 years. This timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves inexorably to its wrenching, tragic conclusion. Renowned classicist Bernard Knox observes in his superb Introduction that although the violence of the Iliad is grim and relentless, it co-exists with both images of civilized life and a poignant yearning for peace. Combining the skills of a poet and scholar, Robert Fagles brings the energy of contemporary language to this enduring heroic epic. He maintains the drive and metric music of Homer's poetry, and evokes the impact and nuance of the Iliad's mesmerizing repeated phrases in what Peter Levi calls "an astonishing performance." @RageAgainstTheAchaean Pissed. I am so, so very pissed. First I have to go to this beach. Then I have to kill all these dudes. And NOW – now! This prick stole my biscuit. Who does that? Am I right? Can’t resolve this problem on my own – calling Mom! From Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less Review:"Plain and direct, noble, above all rapid...leading the reader forward with an irresistible flow. More readable than Lattimore or Fitzgerald, and more performable...[Fagles'] version is imbued with humanity." Oliver Taplin, The New York Times Book Review
Review:"Fagles can claim to be the twentieth-century champion." Donald Lyons, The Wall Street Journal
Review:"Tremendous eloquence...an Iliad primed for grandeur...the result is a glory that can encompass that shuddering last month of the war...a nobility and a sweep hitherto unknown in English Iliads." Douglass Parker, The New Republic
Review:"[Fagles's version] has many admirable qualities. The author has taken great care to make it easy for people unfamiliar with Greek mythology to understand the poet....His beautifully produced book is equipped with maps, glossaries, and aids to pronunciation....Its value to the many professors who teach Homer in translation will be considerable. Apart from these external advantages, it has a good many intrinsic merits....[Fagles'] version is undeniably rapid. It is also plain and direct....[However], he is deficient in nobility." The New York Review of Books
Review:"Robert Fagles is the best living translator of ancient Greek drama, lyric poetry, and epic into modern English." Garry Wills, The New Yorker
Review:"Fagles' [translation] is more supple than Lattimore's, more sinewy than Fitzgerald's. [He] has done what any translator must do, which is to make dozens of decisions in each line, hundreds on each page. Most of them, in this version, are sensible and shrewd, at least reasonable and quite often brilliant." The Chicago Tribune
Review:"Robert Fagles now offers a verse translation that explains what readers need to know, in clear, vigorous language that still retains a sense of the sweep and the sonority of the original." The Washington Post
Synopsis:This poem recounts the story of the Trojan wars, conveying the horror and heroism of men and gods battling amidst devastation and destruction. In his introduction, Knox observes that although the violence is relentless, it co-exists with both images of civilized life and a yearning for peace.
Synopsis:This timeless poem-more than 2,700 year old-still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amid devastation and destruction as it moves inexorably to its wrenching, tragic conclusion. Readers of this epic poem will be gripped by the finely tuned translation and enlightening introduction.
Translated by Robert Fagles Introduction and Notes by Bernard About the AuthorRobert Fagles, the winner of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, is Arthur W. Marks '19 Professor of Comparative Literature, Emeritus, at Princeton University and received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Yale University.
Bernard Knox is Director Emeritus of Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. Table of ContentsThe Iliad Translator's Preface Introduction Introduction The Spelling and Pronunciation of Homeric Names Maps Homer: The Iliad Book 1: The Rage of Achilles Book 2: The Great Gathering of Armies Book 3: Helen Reviews the Champions Book 4: The Truce Erupts in War Book 5: Diomodes Fights the Gods Book 6: Hector Returns to Troy Book 7: Ajax Duels in Hector Book 8: The Tide of Battle Turns Book 9: The Embassy to Achilles Book 10: Marauding Through the Night Book 11: Agamemnon's Day of Glory Book 12: The Trojans Storm the Rampart Book 13: Battling for the Ships Book 14: Hera Outflanks Zeus Book 15: The Achaean Armies at Bay Book 16: Patroclus Fights and Dies Book 17: Menalaus' Finest Hour Book 18: The Shield of Achilles Book 19: The Champion Arms for Battle Book 20: olympian Gods in Arms Book 21: Achilles Fights the River Book 22: The Death of Hector Book 23: Funeral Games for Patroclus Book 24: Achilles and Priam Notes The Genealogy of the Royal House of Troy Textual Variants from the Oxford Classical Text Notes on the Translation Suggestions for Further Reading Pronouncing Glossary What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!Average customer rating based on 2 comments:
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