Troy: Homer's Iliad Retold

By Viv Croot and David Boyle

Hardcover book with dust jacket. Homer's Iliad with biographical details of the characters involved. Illustrated. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760756724
• ISBN13: 9780760756720
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A retelling worth re-reading.

I am not normally a fan of retold tales, as they usually get skewed, or something important is left out, or something unimportant is added. I have read several copies of the Iliad by different interpreters, so I feel comfortable reading this retold story by David Boyle and Viv Croot, edited by Michael J. Anderson. The introduction alone is like an enhanced Cliff’s Notes. There is an excellent map depicting the location of the Greek and Trojan armies. Upfront we get a Who's Who of Greeks and Trojans and Gods. The book is separated into the twenty-four classical books of the Iliad. As we cut through the book, we find it is not as much a retelling as an excellent annotated version of the story with pictures and definitions. At the end of the book, there is a further reading section that shows four of the top translations. I know there are approximately twenty translations out there at this point.