The Iliad and The Odyssey Boxed Set: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Iliad and The Odyssey Boxed Set: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
By (Author) Homer
Translated by Robert Fagles
Introduction by Bernard Knox
Notes by Bernard Knox
Penguin Random House Australia
Penguin Random House Australia
1st November 1999
Australia
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
883.01
Physical Properties
Paperback
Contains 2 paperbacks
1264
Width 150mm, Height 221mm, Spine 86mm
1474g
Description
Gripping listeners and readers for more than 2,700 years, The Iliad is the story of the Trojan War and the rage of Achilles. Combining the skills of a poet and scholar, Robert Fagles brings the energy of contemporary language to this enduring heroic epic. If The Iliad is the world's greatest war story, then The Odyssey is literature's greatest evocation of every man's journey through life. Here again, Fagles has performed the translator's task magnificently, giving us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. Each volume contains a superb introduction with textual and critical commentary by renowned classicist Bernard Knox.
Author Bio
Homer was a Greek poet, recognized as the author of the great epics, the Iliad, the story of the siege of Troy, and the Odyssey, the tale of Ulysses's wanderings.
