Noah brings Claire a book: We see “The Iliad” clearly on its beautiful blue and gold cover. “This is a first edition?” Claire says, flipping through it. “I can’t accept this!

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. THE ILIAD, by Homer ... ultimate war narrative, but it covers only a month and a half near ...

Now, she continues to make what’s old new again with her translation of The Iliad, which she labored over for six years. Wilson’s spin on the battlefield saga centered on the Trojan conflict ...

Barker’s novel, a retelling of Homer’s “Iliad ... of books illuminate the lives of those trapped in class structures or who wear kitchen smocks instead of embroidered corset covers.

But together they aptly describe Emily Wilson, whose new translation of Homer’s epic poem “The Iliad” is one of the most eagerly anticipated books of 2023. A professor of classical studies ...