Reviews for The Iliad

The average rating for The Iliad based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2021-02-21 00:00:00 Mr H G Lockhart read for *uni* - and copiously translated 1-213. i have a soft-spot for the iliad and for greek in general, so this gets a high rating naturally. but it did almost make me cry once or twice with the weird conditionals, so i have to knock one star off. the speeches by priam and hecuba are heart-wrenching, and the snake simile / monologue by hector destroy me every time i read them. my boy knows he's outmatched and gonna die deep down if he stays and fights achilles - but, because of the shame-culture which atkins and others have discussed, he stays and is ultimately killed by a man who has become more of a lion than a human being. if you want to read a translation, go for the lattimore for a sense of the actual greek, and for rieu if you want something easy to read.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-03-29 00:00:00 Pam Thieme The twenty second book of the Iliad is a masterpiece of narrative and dramatic brilliance. It is the climax of the poem and contains many memorable scenes.