01701nam a2200325 i 4500 465298 InACL 20260928160838.0 260928s2000 xxk 0 eng d 9780859896849 0859896846 InACL eng rda InACL 872.01 WIS 23 Postlethwaite, Norman author Homer's Iliad : a commentary on the translation of Richmond Lattimore / Norman Postlethwaite Exeter, UK : University of Exeter Press, 2000 324 pages text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "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. 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 633333 633333 0 0 0 0 ACL ACL GEN 2026-09-28 0 872.01 WIS 465298 2026-09-28 16:08:38 2026-09-28 BK