The Iliad - Twenty Centuries of Translation

By Michael M. Nikoletseas

Harvard University Libraries. The Iliad is about "klea andron", the glorious and terrible deeds of men in relation to other men, the raw content of the soul of man, but not of woman. It is a vast lagoon of dream fragments of the male unconscious, haunted with eternal shadows that compete, strut, fight, kill and rape, and above all seek the approval of other men.In this book, I have traced the history of the Iliad from papyrus, to parchment, to paper, to e-book. Next, I have looked critically into the first ten lines of Book 1 of the Iliad in the Latin, French, Greek (vernacular), and lastly English translations, beginning with the first translations of Hall, and Chapman. New translations of passages recovered from papyri and parchment, done by the present author, are included. Lastly, a theory of translation of poetry is attempted.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469952106
• ISBN13: 9781469952109
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Everything you want to know about the people who translated “The Iliad”

No review can do this project justice unless it is just as long as the book itself. I found translators I never heard of and have some versions not mentioned. However, one book cannot have everyone. What is more interesting is the background of the translators, which makes the translation more useful when you know the translator and his/her history. Just the background stories themselves are worth the reading time. When finished, the bibliography will keep you going with the newfound insights from this book.