The Iliad; The Fitzgerald Translation

by Homer; Translated by Robert Fitzgerald; New Foreword by Andrew Ford

• ISBN13: 9780374174415
• ISBN10: 0374174415
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2004-04-03
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Summary

Epic masterpiece chronicles last days of Trojan War - quarrel of Achilles and Agamemnon, siege of Troy, death of Hector, Trojan Horse, many other incidents and events. Celebrated Samuel Butler prose translation.

Author Biography

Robert Fitzgerald's versions of The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Aeneid, and the Oedipus plays of Sophocles (with Dudley Fitts) are prized by scholars and general readers alike. An admired poet and teacher of writing, he died in 1988.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Historical Context of The Iliad

The Iliad

Notes

Interpretive Notes

Critical Excerpts

Questions for Discussion

Suggestions for the Interested Reader

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