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The Iliad by Homer
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The Iliad (edition 1999)

by Homer (Author), Bernard Knox (Editor), Bernard Knox (Introduction), Robert Fagles (Translator)

Series: Homer's Epic Cycle (1)

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41,25238751 (4.03)10 / 1543
Book description
Haiku summary
Too many heroes
Too much blood, sex, fighting, war
Gods and goddesses
(pickupsticks)
Mannered, ironic,
Pope is scarcely Homeric.
How is it this works?
(bertilak)
Helen of Sparta
Elopes with Paris. Name change
To Helen of Troy
(pickupsticks)
All work and no gifts,
I refuse to fight for you
until my friend dies.
(LeBoeuf)

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883.01Literature › Greek and other Classical languages › Prose and Fiction, Classical Greek › Pseudo-Callisthenes

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PA4025.A2Language and Literature › Greek language and literature. Latin language and literature › Greek literature › Individual authors › Homer

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