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62) Troy
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In 1193 B.C., Prince Paris, the son of the King of Troy falls in love with Helen, the wife of the king of Sparta, and convinces her to follow him away from her husband, Menelaus. The result is an epic war in which the Greeks sail to Troy and lay siege. Achilles, the greatest warrior in all the world, is called in to fight against Troy and give Greece the upper hand. Hector, the eldest son of Priam, King of Troy, and the greatest Trojan warrior, embodies...
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Great books of the Western world volume 4
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Poem by Homer describing the wanderings of Odysseus after the fall of Troy as he encounters gods and monsters.
67) Homer's Iliad
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Includes a brief biography of the author, thematic and structural analysis of the work, critical views, and an index of themes and ideas.
68) The Iliad
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Retells the events of the war between Greece and the city of Troy, focusing on Achilles' quarrel with Agamemnon.
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Since it was first published more than forty years ago, 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 The Iliad are compared. This definitive translation of Homer's epic is timeless in its authority and always fresh in its vivid rendering of the preeminent war story of the Western world.
In keeping with the oral tradition of the
73) Helen of Troy
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The story of two empires at war, with one woman at the center of it all. The legendary tale comes to life in this must-see epic adventure that delivers thrilling heroics, heart-pounding conflicts, and breathtaking action.
75) An Iliad
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"Alessandro Baricco re-creates the siege of Troy through the voices of twenty-one Homeric characters in the narrative idiom of our modern imagination"--Cover p. [2].
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"After ten years of siege by Greek forces, the walls of Troy remain intact. Only the intervention of the greatest warrior of all time, Achilles, can tilt the balance in favor of the invaders. On the Trojan side, Prince Hector is the only one who can face him. This is the story of the greatest war of all time. The war that brought all the heroes of ancient Greece together and turned them into immortal legends. It is the war that made the gods of Olympus...
78) The Trojan horse
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A retelling of how the Greeks used a wooden horse to win the ten-year-long Trojan War.
79) The Iliad
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Retells in simple language the events of the war between Greece and the city of Troy, focusing on Achilles' quarrel with Agamemnon.
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Many have forgotten that the subject of the "Illiad" was war--not merely the poetical romance of the war at Troy, but war, in all its enduring devastation. This groundbreaking reading of Homer's epic poem restores the poet's vision of the tragedy of war, addressing many of the central questions that define the war experience of every age.
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