The Greeks are entering the tenth year of their war with the Trojans, but their armies are fractured and their best warrior Achilles has abandoned the battle on a mission of revenge.
Only the death of his best friend Patroclus persuades Achilles to return to battle and confront the Trojan leader Hector in single combat.
Product Specifications
- The Iliad is the oldest surviving work of Western literature and provides a powerful glimpse into the horrors and heroics of war - a message which undoubtedly endures today.
- This collector's edition, presented in a handsome slipcase, provides an accessible prose translation by the classical scholar and novelist Samuel Butler.
- Butler is considered one of the finest English writers of the late Victorian era, and his translation one of the most accessible and satisfying.
- Length : 25 cm
- Width : 20 cm
- Height : 4 cm
