TY - BOOK ID - 77794191 TI - The Iliad AU - Homer. AU - Powell, Barry B PY - 2014 SN - 9780199326105 9780199326112 0199326118 019932610X 9780199925865 9780199925872 0199925860 9780199925865 0199925879 9780199925872 1299821626 9781299821620 0199326126 0199348502 0191988855 9780191988851 PB - New York DB - UniCat KW - Epic poetry, Greek KW - Trojan War KW - Achilles KW - Achìe KW - Achilas KW - Achille KW - Achilleus KW - Achilli KW - Ahil KW - Ahile KW - Ahilej KW - Ahillejs KW - Aĥilo KW - Aichill KW - Akhilles KW - Akhilleus KW - Akhilleusz KW - Akiles KW - Akili KW - Akille KW - Akilles KW - Akkilles KW - Aquiles KW - Aquilles KW - Axill KW - Axilles KW - Ἀχιλλεύς KW - آخيل KW - アキレウス KW - Akireusu KW - 아킬레우스 KW - 阿喀琉斯 KW - Ахіл KW - Ахил KW - Ахилл KW - Akhill KW - Ахіллес KW - אכילס KW - Akhiles KW - Achilles (Greek mythology) KW - Epic poetry, Greek. KW - Greek epic poetry KW - Epic poetry, Classical KW - Greek poetry KW - Achilles (Mythological character) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77794191 AB - Homer's Iliad is one of the foundational texts of Western Civilization. The timelessness of its story, of men battling fate amidst the horrors of war, still stirs the imaginations of readers year after year. What is offered here is the first translation by someone who is both an eminent scholar and published poet. Based on his thorough familiarity with Homeric language, Powell's free verse translation preserves the clarity and simplicity of the original, while recreating the original feel and sound of the oral-formulaic style. By avoiding the stylistic formality of earlier translations, and th ER -