What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
Robert fitzgerald's translation of the iliad is arguably the finest of our time. Lattimore's translation is more modern than murray's. Fitzgerald brings you to the battlefield as if he himself had been there. Fitzgerald.
Homer's story of the * war is one of our first war novels. The story centerss on achilles and his rage against the trojans. Hektor and priam are the * heroes. Akhilleus is the *.
Every translator has to make choices, and those choices can be criticized by others. Murray, which are contained in the loeb editions (edited by others later on), in terms of a fair translation and well written in english.
Homer shows the combatants as being afraid of dying, of fantasizing of fleeing from battle. Homer, with rouses' help, bring out the details of battle and personalize each warrior.
Cons
The countless battle scenes that are impossible to keep track of. Homer's boring, and he's totally overrated.
Highlights
Quality
The audience empathizes with the trojans especially with the trojan heroes hektor and priam and often favors a trojan victory in the war
The gods are split in terms of whom they favor in the conflict with the all mighty zeus claiming neutrality
For example a great hero will run down his enemies with the skill of a great lion or other animal in pursuit of its prey or a w... Read More
Shipping
The trojans counterattack with a push all the way to the ships
Competitiveness
Better than living this way in dishonorin everyone’s contempt
Fitzgeralds hardcopy edition which ive read more than once is definitely a fivestar text
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Three times we saw characters exhibiting aristeia which means when one character dominates the battlefield
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Although akhilleus is the strongest warrior on the greek side he has chosen to refrain from fighting due to agamemnon tarnishing his kleos eternal honor by taking away akhilleuss war prize the young trojan girl briseis
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As a result the majority of the epic is marked by trojan victories
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If you think you know the iliad because you watched the movie troy then you are completely wrong because you only got half of the story
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The film does a pretty good job summarizing the story but it completely leaves out the interactions of the gods
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Hence i hied myself to the bookstore and ponied up the cash to buy hard cover editions
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So get the fitzgerald translation folks
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Women were mere trophies of war
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