{"product_id":"homers-iliad-a-commentary-on-three-translations-classical-studies-9781853996573","title":"Homer's Iliad: A Commentary on Three Translations (Classical Studies)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHomer's Iliad: A Commentary on Three Translations (Classical Studies)\u003c\/strong\u003e by Jones, Peter. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781853996573.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHomers mighty epic, the Iliad, is the first work of western literature\nand one of the defining masterpieces of our culture. The purpose of\nthis new line-by-line commentary is to help as wide an audience as\npossible to understand and appreciate the poem through the best of\nrecent scholarship on the man and his work.\n\nPeter Jones has\nselected three of the most widely used translations on which to base\nhis commentary, those of E.V. Rieu (revised and updated by Peter\nJones), Martin Hammond, and Richmond Lattimore.\nThere is a useful\nintroduction to the whole work and separate short introductions to each\nbook of the Iliad. Each passage selected for comment is given a\nline-reference and quoted from all three translations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bristol Classical Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985233276981,"sku":"ByrdShop_1853996572","price":88.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781853996573_0a2eadae-3862-4440-93dc-392f70796b77.jpg?v=1778800728","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/homers-iliad-a-commentary-on-three-translations-classical-studies-9781853996573","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}