The Iliad

1000 د.ج

Homer

The product of more than a decade’s continuous

work (1598-1611), Chapman’s translation of Homer’s great poem of

war is a magnificent testimony to the power of The Iliad. In

muscular, onward-rolling verse Chapman retells the story of

Achilles, the great warrior, and his terrible wrath before the

walls of besieged Troy, and the destruction it wreaks on both

Greeks and Trojans. Chapman regarded the translation of this

epic, and of Homer’s Odyssey (also available from Wordsworth

Editions) as his life’s work, and dedicated himself to capturing

the ‘soul’ of the poem. Swinburne praised the resulting translation

for its ‘romantic and sometimes barbaric grandeur,

its freshness, strength, and inexhaustible fire’, qualities that

reflect the grandeur, fire and brutality of the original poem.

This new edition includes a critical introduction and extensive

notes, rendering Chapman’s extraordinary poetic masterpiece

accessible to modern readers.

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