The Iliad - Homer

Author: Homer Publication date: 2025 Category: Fiction and Novel Publisher: Nouta Number of pages: 281 Format: Paperback Summary: "The Iliad" is one of the greatest epics of Western classical literature, where Homer laid the foundations of epic poetry in form and content. The Iliad represents the poetic epic vision of the Trojan War, a war that lasted ten years between the Greeks and the Trojans. Suleiman Al-Bustani's translation is undoubtedly one of the greatest Arabic poetic translations of the Iliad, considered truly a refined literary work that echoes Homer's epic in meters, style, language, and atmosphere. Al-Bustani equipped this brilliant translation with extensive historical and literary annotations on the text.