Author: Homer; Robert Fitzgerald [translator]
Title: The Iliad
Description: New York, Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A smart first illustrated edition of this translation of Homer's epic poem The Iliad. First thus. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous decorations. The Iliad is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. It is divided into twenty-four books written in dactylic hexameter. Set towards the end of the Trojan War, a ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Mycenaean Greek states, the poem depicts significant events in the siege's final weeks. Attributed to Homer, an Ancient Greek poet who is considered one of the most revered and influential authors in history. Translated by Robert Stuart Fitzgerald, an American poet, literary critic and translator whose renderings of the Greek classics "became standard works for a generation of scholars and students". Illustrated by Hans Erni, a Swiss graphic designer, painter, illustrator, engraver and sculptor. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear only. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart with light wear to the extremities and fading to the spine. A small closed tear to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: Hans Erni. Near Fine/Very Good.

Keywords: Iliad Homer Fitzgerald Erni Homer Hans Erni


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