The Iliad [Hardcover]

The Iliad opens not with the fall of Troy but with a quarrel in the Greek camp, and the anger of Achilles that follows costs his own side more than the enemy does. This 400-page hardcover from Penguin Select Classics presents the epic in full. The poem covers only a short stretch of a long war, concentrating on assemblies, single combats and the funeral rites that close it, and its famous extended similes keep pulling the reader back to farmers, herdsmen and weather far from the battlefield. Hector's household scenes give the Trojan side a weight that few war narratives grant the losing party. Points to note: • Hardcover, 400 pages, Penguin Select Classics • Covers a single stretch of the Trojan War rather than the whole conflict • Known for its extended similes drawn from ordinary life • Core reading for classical studies and mythology courses Suited to students of the ancient world and readers who want the companion volume to the Odyssey, published under Penguin Select Classics and available at Boipoka.