In Libreria
Sinossi
Introduzione di Fausto Codino
Versione in prosa di Giuseppe Tonna
Ci sono libri fondamentali, «obbligati»: in una parola, imprescindibili. L’Iliade è uno di questi. Insieme con l’Odissea è tra i testi capitali che il mondo antico ci ha lasciato in eredità. «Poema della forza», come l’ha definito Simone Weil, l’Iliade racconta l’epilogo della guerra scatenata dagli achei in Troade: i cinquantuno giorni nel decimo anno di guerra dominati dalla funesta ira di Achille verso Agamennone. Giovane, guerriero terribile e invincibile, destinato a morte precoce e imperitura fama, Achille è il prototipo dell’eroe greco. Ma è Ettore, principe troiano e antagonista diretto di Achille, la figura più profondamente umana del poema e quella che il lettore moderno sente più vicina a sé. Nella sua vita non ci sono stirpi divine, passioni scatenate, invulnerabilità eroiche, ma solo umanissime ed esemplari virtù. Nel suo cuore si agitano sentimenti d’onore, dignità e amore e il suo tragico sacrificio suggella la fine di un’epoca.
- ISBN: 881181040X
- Casa Editrice: Garzanti
- Pagine: 528
- Data di uscita: 08-05-2014
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What I learned from this book (in no particular order): 1. Victory or defeat in ancient Greek wars is primarily the result of marital spats and/or petty sibling rivalry in Zeus and Hera’s dysfunctional divine household. 2. Zeus “the father of gods and men” is a henpecked husband who is also partial to Leggi tutto
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3½ stars Two mysteries were solved by my finally finishing The Iliad . 1) It is so obvious why these Ancient Greek stories have survived for so many years-- it's all gory violence and sex. Homer tapped into these marketing tools early. 2) I now understand why puritanical attitudes toward female sexua Leggi tutto
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Achilles - sexually ambiguous, rage-prone, has a sensitive tendon. Patroclus - 'best friend' of Achilles. Ruined everything for everyone. Odysseus - outsmarted the Trojans, had sex with a witch and a nymph. Agamemnon - worst husband, worst father, worst Greek, worst human. Menelaus - lost
as a native english speaker, im not exposed to translated books very often; so this reread is the first time where i have truly comprehended the significance of a translation and how it can either make or break a story. i first read parts of ‘the iliad’ back when i was in school and i just remember Leggi tutto
The Iliad ; "a poem about Ilium (Troy)" is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. As with the Odyssey , the poem is divided into 24 books and was written in dactylic hexameter. It contains 15,693 lines in its most widely accepted version. Set towards the end of the Trojan War, Leggi tutto
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