内容简介
Grippinglistenersandreadersformorethan2,700years,TheIliadisthestoryoftheTrojanWarandtherageofAchilles.Combiningtheskillsofapoetandscholar,RobertFaglesbringstheenergyofcontemporarylanguagetothisenduringheroicepic.IfTheIliadistheworld'sgreatestwarstory,thenTheOdysseyisliterature'sgreatestevocationofeveryman'sjourneythroughlife.Hereagain,Fagleshasperformedthetranslator'staskmagnificently,givingusanOdysseytoreadaloud,tosavor,andtotreasureforitssheerlyricalmastery.EachvolumecontainsasuperbintroductionwithtextualandcriticalcommentarybyrenownedclassicistBernardKnox.