The Iliad

The great war epic of Western literature in a stunning translation by acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles. A Penguin Classic. Dating to the ninth century B.C. Homer’s timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction as it moves inexorably to the wrenching tragic conclusion of the Trojan War. Renowned classicist Bernard Knox observes in his superb introduction that although the violence of th...See More