https://www.vigobooks.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 06 Apr 2014 16:01:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 https://www.vigobooks.com/classics/popular-classic/the-iliad-2/ https://www.vigobooks.com/classics/popular-classic/the-iliad-2/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:56:14 +0000 http://www.vigobooks.com/?p=3536 When a Trojan kidnaps the Greek princess Helen, war breaks out between Greece and Troy. The Iliad, a landmark of western literature, recounts that 10-year war in all its drama, misery, death and heroism.

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]]> https://www.vigobooks.com/classics/popular-classic/the-odyssey-2/feed/ 0 https://www.vigobooks.com/classics/poetry/the-iliad-verse-translation/ https://www.vigobooks.com/classics/poetry/the-iliad-verse-translation/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:50:28 +0000 http://www.vigobooks.com/?p=3418 Alexander Pope’s poetic verse translation of Homer’s timeless poem is still regarded as the definitive interpretations of the classic. As with the original it recounts the stories of the 10-year war between Troy and Greece – a tale brimming with drama, misery, heroism and death.

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