Iliad
1st Edition
Published on 2. September 2013
623 pages
978-0-19-932611-2 (ISBN)
Description
Poet and Homeric scholar Barry B. Powell offers a major new translation of this timeless epic poem
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Content
- Cover
- Homer: Translation, Introduction, and Notes
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of Maps and Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Translator
- Maps
- Homeric Timeline
- Introduction
- The Difficulty of Homer
- Who was Homer?
- The Text of Homer
- The Alexandrian Vulgate
- Before and After the Vulgate
- The Homeric Question
- The Oral-Formulaic Theory
- Milman Parry and Albert B . Lord
- The Oral Style
- Homer and the Alphabet
- The Invention of the Alphabet
- MmnDTPldKls
- Menin Aeide Thea Peleiadeo Akhileos
- Why Homer is Important
- The First Text of Homer
- The Graphic Representation of Oral Song
- Homer and History
- Greek History
- Schliemann's Troy
- Was There a Trojan War?
- Homer's World
- The Human Dilemma
- Glory, Prize, and Honor
- Cherchez la Femme
- The Plot: The Rage of Achilles
- The Double Bind
- The Embassy to Achilles
- The Resolution of the Plot
- Shame Culture, Guilt Culture
- Plot and the Iliad
- The Powers Beyond
- Fate
- The Gods
- Homer's Audience
- On Translating Homer
- The Repetitive Style
- A Stylized World
- Transliteration and Pronunciation of Names
- Book 1. The Rage of Achilles
- Book 2. False Dream and the Catalog of Ships
- Book 3. The Duel Between Menelaos and Paris
- Book 4. Trojan Treachery, Bitter War
- Book 5. The Glory of Diomedes
- Book 6. Hector and Andromachê Say Goodbye
- Book 7. The Duel Between Hector and Ajax
- Book 8. Zeus Fulfills His Promise
- Book 9. The Embassy to Achilles
- Book 10. The Exploits of Dolonº
- Book 11. The Glory of Agamemnon and the Wounding of the Captains
- Book 12. The Attack on the Wall
- Book 13. The Battle at the Ships
- Book 14. Zeus Deceived
- Book 15. Counterattack
- Book 16. The Glory of Patroklos
- Book 17. The Fight Over the Corpse of Patroklos
- Book 18. The Shield of Achilles
- Book 19. Agamemnon's Apology
- Book 20. The Duel Between Achilles and Aeneas
- Book 21. The Fight with the River and the Battle of the Gods
- Book 22. The Killing of Hector
- Book 23. The Funeral of Patroklos
- Book 24. The Ransom of Hector
- Bibliography
- Credits
- Pronunciation Glossary/Index
