The Loeb Classical Library: Homer, Iliad, Volume I, Books 1-12

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The Loeb Classical Library: Homer, Iliad, Volume I, Books 1-12Here is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of Homers stirring heroic account of the Trojan war and its passions. The eloquent and dramatic epic poem captures the terrible anger of Achilles, the best of the Achaeans, over a grave insult to his personal honor and relates its tragic result: a chain of consequences that proves devastating for the Greek forces besieging Troy, for noble Trojans, and for Achilles himself. The poet gives us compelling

setting the poems in their cultural context and drawing on the scholarship of leading academics to explore the poetry

and Tibullus offers us a case-study in heartbreak which rings as true today as it did in ancient times

and as they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine

Doreen Innes’ fresh rendering of the work is based on the earlier Loeb translation by W

contraries

Who comes out on top in this epic family fight for control of the universe

From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of The Song of Achilles and Circe

Imperial Image by Robert Hancock-Jones

Tacitus's account of the notorious emperor Nero is scathing in its criticism and jagged in its style

He studied under Plato at Athens and taught there (367–347)

as well as improve their Latin reading skills

and to the reception and translation of the epic in later periods