{"product_id":"the-iliad-the-stephen-mitchell-translation","title":"The Iliad: (The Stephen Mitchell Translation)","description":"\u003cp\u003eTOLSTOY CALLED THE ILIAD A miracle; Goethe said that it always thrust him into a state of astonishment. Homers story is thrilling  and his Greek is perhaps the most beautiful poetry ever sung or written. But until now  even the best English translations havent been able to re-create the energy and simplicity  the speed  grace  and pulsing rhythm of the original.  In Stephen Mitchells Iliad  the epic story resounds again across 2 700 years  as if the lifeblood of its heroes Achilles and Patroclus  Hector and Priam flows in every word. And we are there with them  amid the horror and ecstasy of war  carried along by a poetry that lifts even the most devastating human events into the realm of the beautiful.  Mitchells Iliad is the first translation based on the work of the preeminent Homeric scholar Martin L. West  whose edition of the original Greek identifies many passages that were added after the Iliad was first written down  to the detriment of the music and the story. Omitting these hundreds of interpolated lines restores a dramatically sharper  leaner text. In addition  Mitchells illuminating introduction opens the epic still further to our understanding and appreciation.  Now  thanks to Stephen Mitchells scholarship and the power of his language  the Iliads ancient story comes to moving  vivid new life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946964611125,"sku":"ByrdShop_1439163375","price":26.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781439163375_5d376af4-ddd4-478e-b984-3e5010a1e519.jpg?v=1770165887","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-iliad-the-stephen-mitchell-translation","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}