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eng grc Homer.
414 pages.
On back cover: This edition features an accessible prose translation by the classical scholar and novelist Samuel Butler, first published in 1898.
Summary: After nine years of war, the Greeks are still laying siege to Troy in order to reclaim the beautiful Helen. However, their best warrior Achilles has abandoned the war, in revenge against his overlord Agamemnon for seizing his concubine Briseis. Only the death of his best friend Patroclus persuades Achilles to return to battle and confront the Trojan leader Hector in single combat. (Publisher)