The Iliad

The most famous epics of all ancient peoples, and critics and literary historians have agreed that along with its counterpart and peer in fame, the epic "The Odyssey" is attributed to the ancient Greek poet Homer. Derived from the major sources of Arabic linguistic genius, and foremost among them, of course, the primary source of this genius, which is the Holy Quran. At other moments, the Arabizer benefits from the heritage of Arabic poetry filled with war poems, or love poetry, or pride or enthusiasm, and with vivid, lively, impactful images. At other moments, the Arabizer benefited from the heritage of Arabic folk tales, especially regarding storytelling methods, and preparing for decisive moments in events, or decisive confrontations between heroes, whether they are military clashes, emotional, or human: thus, Drini Khashaba established — through beautiful Arabic literary expression and benefiting from the entire heritage of the Arabic language — a close relationship between the Greek epic in its Arabic formulation and Arabic literature itself, which is what made this formulation — which we have now —. Number of pages: 132. Year of publication: 2014. Publisher: Dar Al-Tanweer for Publishing and Distribution.