The Iliad

The product of more than a decades continuous work (1598-1611), Chapman\'s translation of Homer\'s great poem of war is a magnificent testimony to the power of the Iliad. In muscular, onward-rolling verse Chapman retells the story of Achilles, the great warrior, and his terrible wrath before the walls of besieged Troy, and the destruction it wreaks on both Greeks and Trojans. Chapman regarded the translation of this epic, and of Homers Odyssey (also available in Wordsworth Editions) as his lifes work, and dedicated himself to capturing the \'soul\' of the poem. Swinburne praised the resulting translation for its \'romantic and sometimes barbaric grandeur, its freshness, strength, and inexhaustible fire.Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés.