{"product_id":"homers-iliad-a-commentary-on-three-translations-9781853996573","title":"Homer's Iliad: A Commentary on Three Translations","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Peter Jones\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ancient, Classical \u0026amp; Medieval\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHomer's mighty epic, the Iliad, is the first work of western literature\u003cbr\u003eand one of the defining masterpieces of our culture. The purpose of\u003cbr\u003ethis new line-by-line commentary is to help as wide an audience as\u003cbr\u003epossible to understand and appreciate the poem through the best of\u003cbr\u003erecent scholarship on the man and his work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeter Jones has\u003cbr\u003eselected three of the most widely used translations on which to base\u003cbr\u003ehis commentary, those of E.V. Rieu (revised and updated by Peter\u003cbr\u003eJones), Martin Hammond, and Richmond Lattimore.\u003cbr\u003eThere is a useful\u003cbr\u003eintroduction to the whole work and separate short introductions to each\u003cbr\u003ebook of the Iliad. Each passage selected for comment is given a\u003cbr\u003eline-reference and quoted from all three translations.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45084243886231,"sku":"9781853996573","price":3091.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781853996573.webp?v=1767264398","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/homers-iliad-a-commentary-on-three-translations-9781853996573","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}