Iliad -- Homer

<p>Anger be now your song, immortal one, <br>Akhilleus' anger, doomed and ruinous, <br>that caused the Akhaians loss on bitter loss<br>and crowded brave souls into the undergloom, <br>leaving so many dead men-carrion<br>for dogs and birds; and the will of Zeus was done.<br>-Lines 1-6 <p/>Since it was first published, Robert Fitzgerald's prizewinning translation of Homer's battle epic has become a classic in its own right: a standard against which all other versions of <i>The Iliad</i> are compared. Fitzgerald's work is accessible, ironic, faithful, written in a swift vernacular blank verse that makes Homer live as never before (<i>Library Journal</i>). <p/>This edition includes a new foreword by Andrew Ford.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Robert Fitzgerald, Homer<br><b>Publisher:</b> Farrar, Straus and Giroux<br><b>Published:</b> 04/03/2004<br><b>Pages:</b> 640<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.06lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.20d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780374529055<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 11.3<br><b>Point Value:</b> 25<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Upper Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>12787 / Iliad<br><br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><p><b>Robert Fitzgerald</b>'s versions of <i>The Iliad</i>, <i>The Odyssey</i>, <i>The Aeneid</i>, and the <i>Oedipus </i>plays of Sophocles (with Dudley Fitts) are prized by scholars and general readers alike. An admired poet and teacher of writing, he died in 1988.</p></p>