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This groundbreaking English version by Robert Fagles is the most important recent translation of Homer's great epic poem. The verse translation has been hailed by scholars as the new standard, providing an
Iliad that delights modern sensibility and aesthetic without sacrificing the grandeur and particular genius of Homer's own style and language. The
Iliad is one of the two great epics of Homer, and is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time, but to say the
Iliad is a war story does not begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and characters: Achilles, Helen, Hector, and other heroes of Greek myth and history in the tenth and final year of the Greek siege of Troy.
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New award-winning translation into modern English, with new introduction by Bernard Knox. Winner of the 1991 Academy of American Poets Translation Award. "A great achievement, Fagles has made these pages sing with ancient and modern power, and with clean clear language brought Homer back to life" Anthony Hecht.