Gripping listeners and readers for more than 2,700 years, The Iliad is the story of the Trojan War and the rage of Achilles. Combining the skills of a poet and scholar, Robert Fagles brings the energy of contemporary language to this enduring heroic epic.

"This edition features an accessible prose translation by the classical scholar and novelist Samuel Butler, first published in 1898"--P. [4] of cover.