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1) The Iliad
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Lexile measure
1330L
Language
English
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When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017--revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was "fresh, unpretentious and lean" (Madeline Miller, Washington Post)--critics lauded it as "a revelation" (Susan Chira, New York Times) and "a cultural landmark" (Charlotte Higgins, Guardian) that would forever change how Homer is read in English. Now Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer's other...
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Jonathan L. Ready offers the first comprehensive examination of Homer's similes in the Iliad as arenas of heroic competition. This study concentrates primarily on similes spoken by Homeric characters. The first to offer a sustained exploration of such similes, Ready shows how characters are made to contest through and over simile not only with one another but also with the narrator. Ready investigates the narrator's similes as well. He demonstrates...
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Series
Cahiers du CIERL volume number 7
Publisher
Presses de l'Universite du Laval
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Français
Author
Series
Amsterdam studies in classical philology volume 14
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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