{"product_id":"homers-iliad-peter-jones-9781853996573","title":"Homer's Iliad: A Commentary on Three Translations","description":"\u003cp\u003eHomer's mighty epic, the Iliad, is the first work of western literature\u003cbr\u003eand one of the defining masterpieces of our culture. The purpose of\u003cbr\u003ethis new line-by-line commentary is to help as wide an audience as\u003cbr\u003epossible to understand and appreciate the poem through the best of\u003cbr\u003erecent scholarship on the man and his work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeter Jones has\u003cbr\u003eselected three of the most widely used translations on which to base\u003cbr\u003ehis commentary, those of E.V. Rieu (revised and updated by Peter\u003cbr\u003eJones), Martin Hammond, and Richmond Lattimore.\u003cbr\u003eThere is a useful\u003cbr\u003eintroduction to the whole work and separate short introductions to each\u003cbr\u003ebook of the Iliad. Each passage selected for comment is given a\u003cbr\u003eline-reference and quoted from all three translations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1853996572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781853996573\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bristol Classical Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.52w x 0.71d","brand":"Peter Jones","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088918196479,"sku":"9781853996573","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0efeaaa1-8bd1-4cb5-a978-2a6abd15f65a.jpg?v=1769107272","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/homers-iliad-peter-jones-9781853996573","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}