The Iliad

by Homer (Author); Fagles, Robert (Translator); Knox, Bernard (Introduction by)

• ISBN13: 9780140275360
• ISBN10: 0140275363
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-10-01
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Summary

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

Author Biography

Robert 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 Contents

Translator's Preface	ix
INTRODUCTION
Introduction	3	(62)
The Spelling and Pronunciation of Homeric Names	65	(3)
Maps
Homeric Geography: Mainland Greece	68	(2)
Homeric Geography: The Peloponnese	70	(2)
Homeric Geography: The Aegean and Asia Minor	72	(1)
Inset: Troy and Vicinity	72	(5)
HOMER: The Iliad
The Rage of Achilles	77	(22)
The Great Gathering of Armies	99	(29)
Helen Reviews the Champions	128	(17)
The Truce Erupts in War	145	(19)
Diomedes Fights the Gods	164	(31)
Hector Returns to Troy	195	(19)
Ajax Duels with Hector	214	(17)
The Tide of Battle Turns	231	(20)
The Embassy to Achilles	251	(25)
Marauding Through the Night	276	(20)
Agamemnon's Day of Glory	296	(29)
The Trojans Storm the Rampart	325	(16)
Battling for the Ships	341	(28)
Hera Outflanks Zeus	369	(18)
The Achaean Armies at Bay	387	(25)
Patroclus Fights and Dies	412	(30)
Menelaus' Finest Hour	442	(25)
The Shield of Achilles	467	(21)
The Champion Arms for Battle	488	(15)
Olympian Gods in Arms	503	(17)
Achilles Fights the River	520	(21)
The Death of Hector	541	(18)
Funeral Games for Patroclus	559	(29)
Achilles and Priam	588	(33)
NOTES
The Genealogy of the Royal House of Troy	617	(2)
Textual Variants from the Oxford Classical Text	619	(2)
Notes on the Translation	621	(14)
Suggestions for Further Reading	635	(4)
Pronouncing Glossary	639