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Quality
I couldnt be happier with the quality of these hardcover books
This led to achilles finally going to war with the trojans killing hector and paris killing achilles
Written very clearly but with the drama with thrilling illustrations
Too strong in pictures over whelms text and text does not deal with the character and emotion of the characters
Price
I could not believe that they cost so little
Packaging/appearance
It has become part of the tradition of what started the war but its not in the iliad
Briseis was taken from achilles by agamemnon because agamemnon had to give back chryseis
Competitiveness
She shows the nuances of odysseus his cunning and brilliant command along with his failures during his 10year trek home to itha... Read More
None of those series seem original once youve read
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- This product had a total of 271 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 26 2021.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
For good reason this is a kids book she omits ancillary characters like ajax the lesser and his depredations within athenes temple that led to destruction of the greek fleet
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
On my wish list no criticism intended would have been for cross to expand her iliad retelling beyond an epilogue
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Infact i myself enjoyed reading it never having read the story myself
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Coming up with an illustrated text of homers the iliad that maintains the essential integrity of the original poem and yet is completely accessible to those from ages 714 is quite a daunting task
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I was a classics major in college so i take this text quite seriously
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Gave 4 stars because it came damaged on one corner
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Packers illustrations are ravishing and i adored how he cleverly mimicked the style of painting common to greek vases and used every opportunity to work either characters from the greek alphabet or greek versions of the storys characters names into his pictures as design elements
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Crosss translation avoids any hint of such rhythms which makes for a more straightforward reading experience but leaves those of us whove read other translations feel that theres just a little something lacking here
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