THE WORLD\'S GREATEST WAR NOVEL Humans and gods wrestling with towering emotions.
Schein And a New Afterword.
With an Introduction by Seth L.
In fact, it is the nearest contemporary English equivalent to the epic Homer\'s audience heard at their banquets.
Rouse makes a point to keep the language as colloquial as Homer\'s original was, never pedantic, high-flown, or cliched.
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To this day, the heroism and adventure of The Iliad have remained unmatched in song and story.
His masterful tale contains some of the most famous episodes in all of literature: the curse on the prophet Cassandra; the siege of Troy; the battle between Hector and Achilles; the face that launched a thousand ships; and of course, the deception of the Trojan Horse.
Perhaps the Western world\'s first and best storyteller, Homer draws the reader in with bated breath.
Men fighting to the death amid devastation and destruction.
THE WORLD\'S GREATEST WAR NOVEL Humans and gods wrestling with towering emotions
