The Iliad - Literary Touchstone Classic

Author: Homer
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1580496709

The Iliad - Literary Touchstone Classic

This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classic includes a glossary and notes to help the modern reader appreciate The Iliad's vocabulary and references to Greek mythology. Get The Iliad - Literary Touchstone Classic literature books for free.
SO BEGINS THE ILIAD, Homer's epic tale about the Trojan War. Meet the gods and heroes of Greek and Roman myth and legend-the all-powerful Jove, Venus, goddess of love, swift Mercury, as well as the impulsive Paris, heroic Ajax, and the supposedly invincible Achilles. See these characters as the ancients understood them-capable of great valor and incredible pettiness, as ready to fight for sex as for the preservation of a culture. The gods, sometimes little more than a scheming, squabbling family, are the stuff of tabloid journalism, but it is the warriors who provide the Check The Iliad - Literary Touchstone Classic our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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