| The Iliad Contributor(s): Homer (Author) |
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ISBN: 1617430358 ISBN-13: 9781617430350 Publisher: Greenbook Publications, LLC OUR PRICE: $12.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 883.01 |
| Lexile Measure: 1330 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.84 lbs) 268 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 12787 Reading Level: 11.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 25.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Iliad is a powerful, beautiful, and awe-inspiring work of ancient Greece. The work is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters; it combines the horridness and sometimes mundaneness of war into an epic poem filled with art, illustrious descriptions, and a myriad of wonderful literary images. Set in the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of Ilium by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war, the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends about the siege. |