{"product_id":"the-iliad-robert-fitzgerald-9780374529055","title":"The Iliad: The Fitzgerald Translation","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnger be now your song, immortal one, \u003cbr\u003eAkhilleus' anger, doomed and ruinous, \u003cbr\u003ethat caused the Akhaians loss on bitter loss\u003cbr\u003eand crowded brave souls into the undergloom, \u003cbr\u003eleaving so many dead men-carrion\u003cbr\u003efor dogs and birds; and the will of Zeus was done.\u003cbr\u003e-Lines 1-6 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince it was first published, Robert Fitzgerald's prizewinning translation of Homer's battle epic has become a classic in its own right: a standard against which all other versions of \u003ci\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/i\u003e are compared. Fitzgerald's work is accessible, ironic, faithful, written in a swift vernacular blank verse that \"makes Homer live as never before\" (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition includes a new foreword by Andrew Ford.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Fitzgerald, Homer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374529051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374529055\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e12787 \/ Iliad\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Robert Fitzgerald","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045909426431,"sku":"9780374529055","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_49c86c8b-a65c-45b9-a8ab-c78776864106.jpg?v=1684981490","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-iliad-robert-fitzgerald-9780374529055","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}