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The Iliad / Homer ; translated by Robert Fagles ; introduction and notes by Bernard Knox.

Homer. (Author). Fagles, Robert. (Added Author). Knox, Bernard, 1914-2010 (Added Author). Rogers D. Spotswood Collection. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0670835102
ISBN: 9780670835102
ISBN: 0140275363
ISBN: 9780140275360
Physical Description: xvi, 683 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1990.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 635-637).

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Spelling and pronunciation of Homeric names -- Maps -- Homeric geography: Mainland Greece -- Homeric geography: Peloponnese -- Homeric geography: Aegean and Asia minor -- Inset: Troy and vicinity -- Homer: Iliad -- Rage of Achilles -- Great gathering of Armies -- Helen reviews the champions -- Truce erupts in war -- Diomedes fights the gods -- Hector returns to Troy -- Ajax duels with Hector -- Tide of battle turns -- Embassy of Achilles -- Marauding through the night -- Agamemnon's day of glory -- Trojans storm the rampart -- Battling for the ships -- Hera outflanks Zeus -- Achaean Armies the bay -- Patroclus fights and dies -- Menelaus' finest hour -- Shield of Achilles -- Champion arms for battle -- Olympian gods in arms -- Achilles fights the river -- Death of Hector -- Funeral games for Patroclus -- Achilles and Priam -- Notes: Genealogy of the royal house of Troy -- Textual Variants from the Oxford classical text -- Notes on the translation -- Suggestions for further reading -- Pronouncing glossary.