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A Few Suggestions for Further Study

There are innumerable books and essays dealing with the Iliad and Homer. The brief list below includes some recommended titles for those wishing to explore Homer in more detail.

Howard Clarke, Homer’s Readers (a very interesting study of the transmission and influence of the Iliad and Odyssey).

Ian Johnston, Essays on Homer’s Iliad, available on line at the following site: http://www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/homer/iliadessaystofc.htm

(a detailed look at the vision of life presented in the Iliad.

James M. Redfield, Nature and Culture in the Iliad (an influential modern study of Homer’s epic).

Simone Weil, The Iliad or The Poem of Force (a classic study of the Iliad, still as eloquent as ever).

Michael Wood, In Search of Troy (a fascinating and easy-to-read account of the archeological work carried out to find Troy)

There are a number useful sites on the web including the Homer Home Page at the following address:

http://www.gpc.edu/~shale/humanities/literature/world_literature/

homer.html

So there is no shortage of additional suggestions.

A recording of the complete translation contained in this book is available from Naxos Books, The Iliad, read by Anton Lesser (ISBN 9-626344-28-8), through the Naxos internet site: http://www.naxosaudiobooks.com/.