This prose rendering by Wesley Callihan of Homer’s great epic is based on the 1883 translation of Andrew Lang, Walter Leaf, and Ernest Myers. Although accurate, the storytelling of the older translation is obscured, sometimes to the point of incomprehension, by the archaic Elizabethan and Sir Thomas Mallory diction and style. This new rendering attempts to preserve the accuracy but make the story far more readable.
The Iliad
$37.95
Product Description
The text has been revised into contemporary American English while preserving much of the syntactical structure and style. The reading is plain and direct, but still noble; you will find no attempt at casual, much less slangy, diction. This version of the Iliad is more than just a revision—it is a new version based on that older one.
A new prose rendering of Homer’s Iliad by Wesley J. Callihan, containing all 24 books of this great epic.
Includes:
- All 24 books of Homer’s Iliad, in a new prose rendering by Wesley J. Callihan based on the 1883 translation by the British classicists and poets Andrew Lang, Walter Leaf, and Ernest Myers.
- Foreword by Dr. Dale Grote
- Preface
- Introductions
- The Importance of the Iliad
- The Historical Christian Perspective
- The Historical Background of the Story
- The Story of the Trojan War
- Between the Iliad and the Odyssey
- The Form and Context of Homeric Epic
- The Content and the Structure of the Story
- Major Characters in the Iliad
- How to Read the Iliad
- What to Read Next
- The Translation
- Maps of the Iliad
Additional Information
| Weight | .7 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 8.5 × 5.5 × 1 in |
| ISBN | 9781944482589 |
| Author | Prose Rendered by Wesley Callihan |
| Publisher | Roman Roads Media |
| Format | Paperback |
