{"product_id":"the-iliad-9780062046284","title":"The Iliad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith her virtuoso translation, classicist and bestselling author Caroline Alexander brings to life Homer's timeless epic of the Trojan War\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComposed around 730 B.C., Homer's \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e recounts the events of a few momentous weeks in the protracted ten-year war between the invading Achaeans, or Greeks, and the Trojans in their besieged city of Ilion. From the explosive confrontation between Achilles, the greatest warrior at Troy, and Agamemnon, the inept leader of the Greeks, through to its tragic conclusion, The Iliad explores the abiding, blighting facts of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoldier and civilian, victor and vanquished, hero and coward, men, women, young, old--\u003cem\u003eThe Iliad \u003c\/em\u003eevokes in poignant, searing detail the fate of every life ravaged by the Trojan War. And, as told by Homer, this ancient tale of a particular Bronze Age conflict becomes a sublime and sweeping evocation of the destruction of war throughout the ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarved close to the original Greek, acclaimed classicist Caroline Alexander's new translation is swift and lean, with the driving cadence of its source--a translation epic in scale and yet devastating in its precision and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexander, Caroline:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eCaroline Alexander is the author of the international bestsellers \u003cem\u003eThe Endurance\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Bounty\u003c\/em\u003e and, more recently, \u003cem\u003eThe War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of the Trojan War\u003c\/em\u003e. She is a contributing writer for \u003cem\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/em\u003e magazine and her work has also appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eOutside\u003c\/em\u003e, among other publications. Alexander received her doctorate in classics from Columbia University and was the founder of the Department of Classics at the University of Malawi in East Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHomer:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAlthough recognized as one of the greatest ancient Greek poets, the life and figure of Homer remains shrouded in mystery. Credited with the authorship of the epic poems \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/em\u003e, Homer, if he existed, is believed to have lived during the ninth century BC, and has been identified variously as a Babylonian, an Ithacan, or an Ionian. Regardless of his citizenship, Homer's poems and speeches played a key role in shaping Greek culture, and Homeric studies remains one of the oldest continuous areas of scholarship, reaching from antiquity through to modern times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50612845478162,"sku":"9780062046284","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4c6c89af-89b8-4764-bf69-d7367f82c344.jpg?v=1768303771","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-iliad-9780062046284","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}