{"product_id":"the-iliad-by-homer-9781784870577","title":"The Iliad","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead the story behind the new BBC\/Netflix epic series, \u003cem\u003eTroy: Fall of a City\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA stunning new 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 \u003cem\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/em\u003e—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. It is 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 \u003cem\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/em\u003e at its most electrifying and vital.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46298761298156,"sku":"9781784870577","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13320603482823.jpg?v=1743040725","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-iliad-by-homer-9781784870577","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}