The Iliad of Homer by Homer
"The Iliad of Homer" by Homer is an ancient Greek epic poem composed around the late 8th or early 7th century BC. Set during the final weeks of the decade-long Trojan War, it traces the devastating anger of Achilles, the greatest Greek warrior, sparked by a fierce quarrel with King Agamemnon. As pride and wrath drive the conflict, the poem moves between sweeping battlefield scenes and intimate human moments, while the Olympian
gods themselves intervene in mortal affairs, shaping the fates of heroes and determining the destiny of Troy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Homer, 751? BCE-651? BCE |
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| Annotator | Dwight, M. A. (Mary Ann), 1806-1858 |
| Editor | Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 |
| Translator | Cowper, William, 1731-1800 |
| Title |
The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper |
| Original Publication | New York, D. Appleton & Co., 346 & 348 Broadway, 1860 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad |
| Note |
Project Gutenberg has several editions of this eBook: #51355 (Translated by George Chapman) #6130 (Translated by Alexander Pope) #16452 (Translated by William Cowper) #22382 (Translated by Theodore Alois Buckley) #6150 (Translated by Edward, Earl of Derby) #3059 (Translated by Andrew Lang, Walter Leaf and Ernest Meyers) #2199 (Translated by Samuel Butler) |
| Credits | Ted Garvin, Melissa Er-Raqabi, Fred Robinson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 73.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Epic poetry, Greek -- Translations into English |
| Subject | Achilles (Mythological character) -- Poetry |
| Subject | Trojan War -- Poetry |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 16452 |
| Release Date | Aug 5, 2005 |
| Most Recently Updated | Sep 4, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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