{"product_id":"9780140444445","title":"The Iliad","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Homer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePoetry by individual poets\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 27 August 1987 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 528 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 128 x 22 | 386g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The best modern prose translation of The Iliad' Robin Lane Fox, The TimesThe first of the world's great tragedies, The Iliad centres on the pivotal four days towards the end of the ten-year war between the Greeks and the Trojans. In a series of dramatic set pieces, it follows the story of the humiliation of Achilleus at the hands of Agamemnon and his slaying of Hektor: a barbarous act with repercussions that ultimately determine the fate of Troy. The Iliad not only paints an intimate picture of individual experience, but also offers a universal perspective in which human loss and suffering are set against a vast and unpitying divine background where fickle, quarrelsome gods decide the fate of men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated with an Introduction by Martin Hammond\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49357297582339,"sku":"9780140444445","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9780140444445.jpg?v=1785597605","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9780140444445","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}