{"product_id":"iliad-12","title":"Iliad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead this stunning translation of Homer''s great war epic, the legendary tale of honour, love, loss and revenge during the fall of the city of Troy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHigh on Olympus, Zeus and the assembled deities look down on the world of men, to the city of Troy where a bitter and bloody war has dragged into its tenth year, and a quarrel rages between a legendary warrior and his commander. Greek ships decay, men languish, exhausted, and behind the walls of Troy a desperate people await the next turn of fate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the Iliad: an ancient story of enduring power; magnetic characters defined by stirring and momentous speeches; a panorama of human lives locked in a heroic struggle beneath a mischievous or indifferent heaven. Above all, this is a tale of the devastation, waste and pity of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaroline Alexander''s virtuoso translation captures the rhythms and energy of Homer''s original Greek while making the text as accessible as possible to a modern reader, accompanied by extensive extra material to provide a background to the poem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe result of 3,000 years of story-telling, Homer’s epic tale of the fall of Troy has resonated with every age and every human conflict: this is the Iliad at its most electrifying and vital.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316357833086,"sku":"NW9781784870577","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781784870577.jpg?v=1778263947","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/iliad-12","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}