(Original, Unabridged Classic, Premium Hardbound Collector's Edition, Ideal for Gifting)
Homer
"Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause."
The Trojan War, its tenth and darkest year. Achilles, the greatest of the Greek warriors, has withdrawn from battle in fury over a slight to his honour. As the Greeks begin to falter, the Trojans press their advantage — and the consequences of one man's pride ripple outward to change the fates of heroes, kings, and gods. The Iliad is often considered the first great work of Western literature, an epic poem whose images — the wrath of Achilles, the pity of King Priam, the fall of Hector — have shaped the imagination of the world for three thousand years.
Homer's poem is simultaneously a war story of unsparing violence and a meditation on the human cost of conflict. As F. Scott Fitzgerald noted, he read nothing but Homer in preparation for writing The Great Gatsby. The Penguin Select Classics edition presents it as what it is: a larger-than-life drama with eternal love, eternal friendship, and eternal enmity at its centre.
This premium hardbound collector's edition with sprayed edges presents the original, unabridged text — a foundational volume for any serious literary library.
