The Iliad
A New Translation by Peter Green
by Homer
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“@GabrielRossman And Hector is the only real (tragic) hero (and a real man) in the Illiad, a book I read once every other year, for solace and wisdom. 2/ | @michael_nielsen The Iliad is up there. | Good book to read this summer. The #Iliad by #Homer. Aside from the Old Testament Homer's Iliad and Odyssey are the oldest written masterpieces of Western Civilization. Exciting stories about life and death, gods and heroes and war. | I was thinking of The Iliad when Harry saved Cedric?s body. | I was thinking of The Iliad when Harry saved Cedric’s body. | Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization”
Source →“@GabrielRossman And Hector is the only real (tragic) hero (and a real man) in the Illiad, a book I read once every other year, for solace and wisdom. 2/ | @michael_nielsen The Iliad is up there. | Good book to read this summer. The #Iliad by #Homer. Aside from the Old Testament Homer's Iliad and Odyssey are the oldest written masterpieces of Western Civilization. Exciting stories about life and death, gods and heroes and war. | I was thinking of The Iliad when Harry saved Cedric?s body. | I was thinking of The Iliad when Harry saved Cedric’s body. | Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization”
Source →“@GabrielRossman And Hector is the only real (tragic) hero (and a real man) in the Illiad, a book I read once every other year, for solace and wisdom. 2/ | @michael_nielsen The Iliad is up there. | Good book to read this summer. The #Iliad by #Homer. Aside from the Old Testament Homer's Iliad and Odyssey are the oldest written masterpieces of Western Civilization. Exciting stories about life and death, gods and heroes and war. | I was thinking of The Iliad when Harry saved Cedric?s body. | I was thinking of The Iliad when Harry saved Cedric’s body. | Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization”
Source →Recommended by 5 notable people, including Paul Graham and Stewart Brand
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Recommended by 8 sources and appears in Mythology, War, and Ancient History.
One of the oldest extant works of Western literature, the Iliad is a timeless epic poem of great warriors trapped between their own heroic pride and the arbitrary, often vicious decisions of fate and the gods. Renowned scholar and acclaimed translator Peter Green captures the Iliad in all its surging thunder for a new generation of readers.Featurin...
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Recommended by 8 sources and appears in Mythology, War, and Ancient History.
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“@GabrielRossman And Hector is the only real (tragic) hero (and a real man) in the Illiad, a book I read once every other year, for solace and wisdom. 2/ | @michael_nielsen The Iliad is up there. | Good book to read this summer. The #Iliad by #Homer. Aside from the Old Testament Homer's Iliad and Odyssey are the oldest written masterpieces of Western Civilization. Exciting stories about life and death, gods and heroes and war. | I was thinking of The Iliad when Harry saved Cedric?s body. | I was thinking of The Iliad when Harry saved Cedric’s body. | Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization”
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