{"product_id":"the-iliad-vintage-classics","title":"The Iliad (Vintage Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRead this stunning translation of Homer's great war epic, the legendary tale of honour, love, loss and revenge during the fall of the city of Troy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHigh on Olympus, Zeus and the assembled deities look down on the world of men, to the city of Troy where a bitter and bloody war has dragged into its tenth year, and a quarrel rages between a legendary warrior and his commander. Greek ships decay, men languish, exhausted, and behind the walls of Troy a desperate people await the next turn of fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the Iliad: an ancient story of enduring power; magnetic characters defined by stirring and momentous speeches; a panorama of human lives locked in a heroic struggle beneath a mischievous or indifferent heaven. Above all, this is a tale of the devastation, waste and pity of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCaroline Alexander's virtuoso translation captures the rhythms and energy of Homer's original Greek while making the text as accessible as possible to a modern reader, accompanied by extensive extra material to provide a background to the poem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe result of 3,000 years of story-telling, Homer’s epic tale of the fall of Troy has resonated with every age and every human conflict: this is the Iliad at its most electrifying and vital.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54318969291120,"sku":"YSL21057","price":4.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/8543\/8576\/files\/ebook_10931_8fefbac777.jpg?v=1789528675","url":"https:\/\/antbook.store\/de-de\/products\/the-iliad-vintage-classics","provider":"ANTBOOK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}