The Iliad: The Verse Translation by Alexander Pope by Homer

The Iliad: The Verse Translation by Alexander Pope

Homer with Alexander Pope (Translator)

608 pages first pub -750 (editions)

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When Homer's Iliad appeared in Alexander Pope's majestic translation between 1715 and 1720, it was acclaimed by Samuel Johnson as "a performance which no age or nation could hope to equal." A few years later, Pope oversaw the translation of the Od...

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