Iliad

The Iliad is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, for which Barry Powell, one of the twenty-first century''s leading Homeric scholars, has given us a magnificent new translation. Graceful, lucid, and energetic, Powell''s translation renders the Homeric Greek with a simplicity and dignity reminiscent of the original. The text immediately engrosses students with its tight and balanced r...