Famously praised by John Keats for speaking \'loud and bold\', Chapman\'s Homer brought Greek poetry and civilization to life for centuries of readers.
The companion to Gordon Kendal\'s edition of Chapman\'s Odyssey , this edition of his Iliad features a newly edited version of the 1611 printing (including all the translator\'s combative notes and com.
Many have praised its rough energy and creativity, the crashing power of the verses, its grim depiction of life and death in war.
Famously praised by John Keats for speaking \'loud and bold\', Chapman\'s Homer brought Greek poetry and civilization to life for centuries of readers