This work was translated in 1990 by Robert Fagles and in 2011 by Stephen Mitchell.
This work was translated in 1990 by Robert Fagles and in 2011 by Stephen Mitchell. The image of an attacking lion is used in several similes in this work, and it describes the Cosmos and a warring city in a nine-part ekphrasis on a shield. This work notably ends with the pyre-burial of a (*) slain enemy, and its Catalogue of Ships describes the origins of several troops. This work opens in medias res with the line "Rage--Goddess, sing the rage of [...] Achilles," subsequently describing Achilles's killing of Hector. This work is usually paired with one in which Odysseus struggles to venture home. For 10 points, name this epic written by Homer about the Trojan War.
This work was translated in 1990 by Robert Fagles and in 2011 by Stephen Mitchell.
The Iliad