The war that killed Achilles : the true story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War /

Many have forgotten that the subject of the "Illiad" was war--not merely the poetical romance of the war at Troy, but war, in all its enduring devastation. This groundbreaking reading of Homer's epic poem restores the poet's vision of the tragedy of war, addressing many of the ce...

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Main Author:	Alexander, Caroline, 1956-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2009.
Subjects:	Homer. > Iliad. War in literature. Trojan War > Literature and the war. Achilles > (Mythological character)