Emily Wilson

The Iliad

prawnie

He spoke to him aggressively and sent him harshly away. 

I wanted Homer's intense expressions of rage and grief to be appropriately intense, but never ridiculous or kitsch-given that some modern readers may have little experience of a world in which grown men constantly wail and slap their thighs in grief, or scream marvelously inventive insults at each other in their rage. 

sophie <3

not gonna lie, i’m not really into classics but this was so interesting! i’m glad that i read this translation because i’d be way more confused if i read the others. 

The Iliad

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