{"product_id":"homers-iliad-a-commentary-on-the-translation-of-richmond-lattimore-9780859896849","title":"Homers Iliad  A Commentary on the Translation of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt offers the background which readers need to understand the poem's detail of story and characters, and it provides a step-by-step guide to the story's unravelling and to the literary features which have ensured its enduring popularity since its composition in 750 BC.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith clarity and dispatch Postlethwaite manages to provide the background knowledge that an ancient audience would have brought to the poem, noting as well significant thematic developments and directing the reader to a wide range of present-day Homeric studies. Teachers and readers for whom Lattimore’s stately cadences capture Homer’s Greek most directly will find here an indispensable companion to that most literally faithful of modern translations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAndrew Ford, Princeton University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePREFACE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMAPS OF GREECE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. HOMER\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. THE HOMERIC EPICS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. THE TROJAN WAR\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. COMPOSITION\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. THE HOMERIC QUESTION\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. SOME FEATURES OF STYLE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. THE HERO\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. THE GODS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCOMMENTARY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILIAD ONE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILIAD TWO\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILIAD THREE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILIAD FOUR\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILIAD FIVE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILIAD SIX\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILIAD SEVEN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILIAD EIGHT\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILIAD NINE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILIAD TEN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILIAD ELEVEN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILIAD TWELVE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILIAD THIRTEEN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILIAD FOURTEEN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILIAD FIFTEEN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILIAD SIXTEEN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILIAD SEVENTEEN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILIAD EIGHTEEN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILIAD NINETEEN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILIAD TWENTY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILIAD TWENTY-ONE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILIAD TWENTY-TWO\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILIAD TWENTY-THREE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILIAD TWENTY-FOUR\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBIBLIOGRAPHY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eINDEX\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359248941399,"sku":"9780859896849","price":27.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780859896849.jpg?v=1754124106","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/homers-iliad-a-commentary-on-the-translation-of-richmond-lattimore-9780859896849","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}