{"product_id":"9781607784203","title":"The Iliad. ILLUSTRATED","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIliad\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is, together with the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, one of two   ancient Greek epic poems traditionally attributed to Homer. However, the claim   of a single author is disputed, as the poems show evidence of a long oral   tradition and hence, possible multiple authors.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMany scholars believe the poem to be the oldest extant work of literature in   the ancient Greek language. For most of the 20th century, both the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e   and the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e have been commonly dated to the late 9th or 8th century   BC. Most still hold this view, notably Barry B. Powell (who has proposed a link   between the writing of the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e and the invention of the Greek   alphabet), G.S. Kirk, and Richard Janko. However a few others, such as Martin   West and Richard Seaford, now prefer a date in the 7th or even the 6th century   BC.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe poem concerns events during the tenth and final year of the Trojan War,   the siege of the city of \u003ci\u003eIlion\u003c\/i\u003e or Troy, by the Greeks. The plot centers   on the Greek warrior Achilles and his anger toward the king of Mycenae,   Agamemnon, which proves disastrous for the Greeks. It provides many of the   events that the later poems of the Epic Cycle build on, including the death of   the Trojan captain Hector.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWritten in dactylic hexameter, the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e comprises 15,693 lines of   verse. Later ancient Greeks divided it into twenty-four books or scrolls, a   convention that has lasted to the present day with little change.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe word \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e means \"pertaining to \u003ci\u003eIlios\u003c\/i\u003e\" (in Latin,   \u003ci\u003eIlium\u003c\/i\u003e), the city proper, as opposed to \u003ci\u003eTroy\u003c\/i\u003e, the   state centered around Ilium.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e— Excerpted from \u003cem\u003eWikipedia, \u003c\/em\u003ethe free encyclopedia. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MobileReference","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175627243760,"sku":"9781607784203","price":0.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781607784203_p0.jpg?v=1763830540","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781607784203","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}