The Iliad, Vol. 1

By Homer and George Chapman

Book Overview

The product of more than a decade's continuous work (1598-1611), Chapman's translation of Homer's great poem of war is a magnificent testimony to the power of The Iliad. In muscular, onward-rolling verse Chapman retells the story of Achilles, the great warrior, and his terrible wrath before the walls of besieged Troy, and the destruction it wreaks on both Greeks and Trojans.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674991885
• ISBN13: 9780674991880
• Release Date: January 1924
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 579 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.6" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Homer's masterpiece

This edition, in the original Greek, contains half of the Iliad and is followed by several other volumes, which contain the second half of the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Homeric Hymns.The Iliad centers around the anger of the warrior Achilles when Agammenon unjustly takes his concubine. Achilles subsequently refuses to fight, and, because his divine strength makes him indispensible to the Greek war effort, the Greeks are nearly driven from the Trojan shores.Reading this book in the original language makes a big difference. Homer is a master of both sound and sense and to read him in translation deprives the reader of the former.The lack of commentary and vocabulary in this edition does not make it the best choice for beginners in Greek.