Word: iliad
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Anger of Achilles: Homer's Iliad, translated by Robert Graves. A charming prose-and-verse Iliad in which the customary flavor of chalk dust is replaced by sharp-tasting satire...
...ANGER OF ACHILLES; HOMER'S ILIAD, translated by Robert Graves. The most charming English version since Alexander Pope's, treating the original as entertainment rather than as epic tragedy...
...Anger of Achilles: Homer's Iliad, translated by Robert Graves. A charming prose-and-verse Iliad, in which the customary flavor of chalk dust is replaced by sharp-tasting satire...
...Anger of Achilles: Homer's Iliad, translated by Robert Graves. The most charming translation in English since Pope's of the classic poem, interpreted by Graves as satirical entertainment...
...Trojans, remarks that Hera protects the Greeks as if they were her own bastards, she replies pertly: "Revered Son of Cronus, what a thing to say!" Cartoonist Ronald Searle's illustrations wittily support Graves's wry treatment of the Olympians. Whether or not Graves's Iliad will endure as a satire, it is certainly the most charming translation in English since Pope's, and may also be the best. At the end of his preface, Graves promises to pour a libation of red wine "to Homer's shade, imploring pardon for the many small liberties...