Hector bidding farewell to his wife and baby son, Odysseus bound to the mast listening to the Sirens, Penelope at the loom, Achilles dragging Hector's body round the walls of Troy - scenes from Homer have been re-portrayed in every generation. The questions about mortality and identity that Homer's heroes ask, the bonds of love, respect and fellowship that motivate them, have gripped audiences for three millennia.
Chapman's 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey' are great English epic poems, but they are also two of the liveliest and readable translations of Homer. Chapman's freshness makes the everyday world of nature and the craftsman as vivid as the battlefield and Mount Olympus. His poetry is driven by the excitement of the Renaissance discovery of classical civilisation as at once vital and distant, and is enriched by the perspectives of humanist thought.
AUTHOR: The two earliest surviving poetic works of ancient Greece, the 'Iliad' and the 'Odyssey' are attributed to 'Homer', but it seems likely that no such individual existed, the works being developed over an extended period of time until they achieved their final form in the 6th century BC. Whatever their origins, these epic poems were a major influence in the development of Greek culture.
By:
Homer Introduction by:
Jan Parker Translated by:
George Chapman Series edited by:
Tom Griffith Imprint: Wordsworth Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
Spine: 49mm
Weight: 596g ISBN:9781840221176 ISBN 10: 1840221178 Series:Classics of World Literature Pages: 976 Publication Date:30 December 1998 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Unspecified
