The Iliad
New York: Norton, 2025. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine, fresh copy in crisp dust jacket with some rubbing to the lower left and upper right portions of the dust jacket. lxxv+ five double page maps+ 753 pp. with glossary. The greatest literary landmark of antiquity is here masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time. When Emily Watson's translation of The Odyssey was first published in 2017, revealing the ancient poem in contemporary idiom that crits call "fresh, unpretentious and lean" and "a cultural landmark" (it is also the basis for the screenplay of the 2026 film). Here Watson returns with an equally revelatory translation of Homer's other great epic--the most revered war poem of all time. Fine / very good. Item #E36404
ISBN: 9781324001805
Price: $45.00