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Homer's Iliad : a commentary on the translation of Richmond Lattimore /
Postlethwaite, Norman
Homer's Iliad : a commentary on the translation of Richmond Lattimore / Norman Postlethwaite - 324 pages
"This book introduces the general reader, as well as the student of Classics, to the Iliad of Homer, the earliest work of European literature and one of its greatest masterpieces. This new commentary offers the background which readers of the poem in English need in order to understand its detail of story and characters. It provides a line-by-line guide to the story's unravelling and to the literary features which have ensured the enduring popularity of the Iliad since its composition in 750 BC."--Jacket.
9780859896849 0859896846
Homer
Lattimore, Richmond Alexander, 1906- -- Knowledge -- Language and languages
Translating and interpreting -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Epic poetry, Greek -- Translations into English -- History and criticism
Greek language -- Translating into English -- History
Achilles (Greek mythology) in literature
Trojan War -- Literature and the war
Greek Epic poetry
872.01 / WIS
Homer's Iliad : a commentary on the translation of Richmond Lattimore / Norman Postlethwaite - 324 pages
"This book introduces the general reader, as well as the student of Classics, to the Iliad of Homer, the earliest work of European literature and one of its greatest masterpieces. This new commentary offers the background which readers of the poem in English need in order to understand its detail of story and characters. It provides a line-by-line guide to the story's unravelling and to the literary features which have ensured the enduring popularity of the Iliad since its composition in 750 BC."--Jacket.
9780859896849 0859896846
Homer
Lattimore, Richmond Alexander, 1906- -- Knowledge -- Language and languages
Translating and interpreting -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Epic poetry, Greek -- Translations into English -- History and criticism
Greek language -- Translating into English -- History
Achilles (Greek mythology) in literature
Trojan War -- Literature and the war
Greek Epic poetry
872.01 / WIS