The Iliad

**Dominus Latronis of Troy** · June 05, 2006, 04:37 PM

Off Topic - not surre where to put this...

Anybody have a good recommendations for a hardcover book of THE ILIAD - to purchase a link would be great.

**Spartan1015** · June 10, 2006, 04:56 PM

try amazon.com they have stuff u could purchase

**Zenith Darksea** · June 10, 2006, 05:00 PM

Yes, go on Amazon. Blackwell's Online is also good, and the Hellenic Bookservice isn't bad either.

**The Black Reaper** · June 10, 2006, 10:57 PM

the illiad is such a good book!!! some parts are confusing but overall GREAT!!!!

**HMMcKamikaze** · June 10, 2006, 11:19 PM

Here i found it very cheap, only $9. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/014...Fencoding=UTF8

**Zenith Darksea** · June 11, 2006, 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by flip2121

the illiad is such a good book!!! some parts are confusing but overall GREAT!!!!

Yes, it is good. It's worth studying it to consider what the overall meaning of the poem is (it's not just about a bunch of guys having very long and very boring battles). But Virgil's Aeneid is better.

**Gaius Baltar** · June 15, 2006, 11:12 AM

Heres a link for a 1.99 Ebook download.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...lance&n=551440

I also own a personal copy so if you need any specific information I can look it up.

**Dominus Latronis of Troy** · June 15, 2006, 04:25 PM

Thanks everyone - i am almost finished with the one i bought - and i see that it ends with hectors death...where does achilles death takes place.

**Gaius Baltar** · June 15, 2006, 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by Dominus Latronis of Troy

Thanks everyone - i am almost finished with the one i bought - and i see that it ends with hectors death...where does achilles death takes place.

Achilles is killed by a poison arrow shot by Paris. It hits him in the heel, the only part of his body that he is vulnerable.

This happens BEFORE the horse is built.

**mandar** · November 05, 2006, 08:18 PM

Originally Posted by Dominus Latronis of Troy

Thanks everyone - i am almost finished with the one i bought - and i see that it ends with hectors death...where does achilles death takes place.

it is correct the real Iliad written by the Homer ended with the tragic death of Hektor. it was Shakespeare and other writers who added the later parts to the story (death of Achilles, victory of Greeks and basically everything after the death of Hektor).

**Dominus Latronis of Troy** · June 15, 2006, 04:30 PM

yeah i know that - but its not in the book - this book was translated by a professor in pennsylvania

**Gaius Baltar** · June 16, 2006, 12:14 PM

Here is a nice online overview. Includes information from both the Illiad and Odyssey.

**Anachronist** · November 04, 2006, 11:06 PM

i read this book called "the fall of troy" by quintus of symrna
it covers what happened after the funeral of hector to the actual fall

**Zhuge_Liang** · November 05, 2006, 07:24 AM

Originally Posted by SHAPVR

i read this book called "the fall of troy" by quintus of symrna
it covers what happened after the funeral of hector to the actual fall

... which is totally fictional.

**Klipz** · November 05, 2006, 09:26 AM

there is a book called " Troy, Homer's Iliad Retold " by David Boyle and Viv Croot. Its a great book its basically the iliad in story form. Reading the real Iliad book is kind of hard to understand in my opinon. This book still has quotes of the Iliad, and even gives you little facts on the side of who the characters are, the map, etc.

**Elohim** · November 23, 2006, 01:32 PM

The whole story of the Fall of Troy, and the events leading up to it, comes not only from the Iliad and the Odyssey (background stuff in the story), but from playwrights like Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.
Encyclopaedia Mythica is always a good website to check, or Answers.com