The Iliad: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

I read Robert Fagles' translation of Homer's The Iliad for brain exercise since I read The Odyssey before I retired from teaching. The Iliad contained Homeric similes which you really should know about if you are a true literature reader. Homer did not incorporate these similes in The Odyssey which he wrote after The Iliad. While there are a lot of characters and gods in the book, however, there is a glossary in the back of the translation to help you fit them all together; and, of course, there is always Google to help you connect the relationships. I must admit I cheated a little by printing notes from Spark Notes to help me understand and remember what I was reading and some of the most important quotes so I could understand the importance of armor, burial, honor, and other Greek traditions we've lost memories of over time it enriched my reading experience. I talk to people who say, "It's too big and complicated to read!" I disagree. I am 64 years old and a retired English teacher and I understood this book. I would recommend The Iliad for 11th grade - Sophomore college years. Robert Fagles made The Iliad a truly accessible, entertaining, instructive read.

A very beautiful cover! The slightly torn page edges really add to it as well

A pleasure to look at and hold, an absolute delight to read. A treasure to pass down to future generations.

El libro es un clásico, nada que argumentar ahí. La edición se ve bella. El problema es que cómo usualmente pasa con libros grandes y Amazon, este termina por llegar dañado. Haré la devolución pero me molesta la falta de cuidado, hubo una época en que no sucedía esto.

What can I say, this poem has lived through the ages, just fantastic. There are points reading this that I felt at was at the walls of Troy. This version is well translated and printed with good fonts. I mean Homer of course I would recommend reading this.