The Best of Homer's Iliad

By Homer

The Best of Homer's Iliad presents the best of Homer's great epic poem in translated and narrative summary form.

If you've never read the Iliad, and you don't know how much time you'd like to invest in doing so, then this version of the poem is for you. You'll get the best parts of the epic in translation (about one-half) and a narrative summary of the rest.

In addition to the poem, there's an informative introduction exploring "Why We Should Care about Homer," "Basic Facts about Homer," and "The Big Themes and Ideas of the Iliad." After reading the poem, you'll find, "Other Matters of Interest Related to Homer," including "The Cast of Gods and Men," a map of "The Warring Sides of the Trojan War," a day-by-day timeline of the Iliad, a glossary of Homeric Greek terms, and suggestions for further reading. Finally, there is a section offering "Points of Wisdom & Ways of Practice"-a chance to apply and practice Homeric wisdom in your own life.

Why should you want to read Homer's Iliad?

Go back a few thousand years and Homer's Iliad was a perennial blockbuster. That's because Homer himself was the one everyone turned to for entertainment, education, and inspiration. A scholar once claimed that "if a Greek owned any books-that is, papyrus rolls-he was almost as likely to own the Iliad and the Odyssey as anything from the rest of Greek literature." Homer was Greece's chief educator and coach. He shaped Greek feelings, thoughts, and behavior.

Homer is celebrated for the Iliad, a sweeping epic poem that touches on everything that matters most to us humans. There's heroic anger and suffering. There's love, friendship, and enmity. Most of all, there's the mad quest for happiness, for the good and noble life.

What now? Strap on your well-fitting greaves, fix your bronze helmet on your head, pick up your shield, spear, and a goatskin of water, and prepare to step into an ancient world that is stirringly wonderful and horrifying in turn. Welcome to Homer's Iliad

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1943915008
• ISBN13: 9781943915002
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Classics Cave
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"