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Homer and His IliadA thrilling study of the greatest of all epic poems, by one of the world's leading classicists Homer's Iliad is the famous epic poem set among the tales of Troy. Its subject is the anger of the hero Achilles and its dreadful consequences for the warring Greeks and Trojans. It was composed more than 2,600 years ago, but still transfixes us with its tale of loss and battle, love and revenge, guided throughout by the active presence of the gods. Its

These new translations preserve Cicero's rhetorical brilliance and achieve new standards of accuracy

**A small hardback edition featuring a new afterword by Madeline Miller**In Ancient Greece

but it also contains material which may be of interest to students of English and comparative literature

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The most difficult of all

and Ariadne knows only too well that drawing the attention of the mercurial gods may cost her everything

This edition of Homer opens with a summary of the events of the Iliad

Horace's Odes remain among the most widely read works of classical literature

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the author explains and illustrates the ideals of the newly-created Roman empire under Augustus as they are reflected in Virgil’s Aeneid