Iliad, Book 18  17741

Locations in Harold's Library

• The Oxford Book of Classical Verse in Translation (book) (excerpt only)
  • page 26
  • Excerpt: Achilles Over the Trenchfrom line 202: "So saying, light-foot Iris pass'd away." to "Then rose Achilles dear to Zeus; and round"
  • Credits: Alfred Lord Tennyson (translator)
• The Oxford Book of Classical Verse in Translation (book) (excerpt only)
  • page 26
  • Excerpt: Thetis and the Nereidsfrom line 35: "Achilles suddenly loosed a terrible, wrenching cry" to "and his noble mother heard him, seated near her father,"  Ⓒ
  • Credits: Robert Fagles (translator)
  • First line: 1990
• The Oxford Book of Classical Verse in Translation (book) (excerpt only)
  • page 27
  • Excerpt: Vulcan forges the armour of Achillesfrom line 478: "Then first he form'd th' immense and solid Shield;" to "Rich various Artifice emblaz'd the Field;"
  • Credits: Alexander Pope (translator)
• The Oxford Book of Classical Verse in Translation (book) (excerpt only)
  • page 29
  • Excerpt: Vulcan forges the armour of Achilles (cont.)from line 590: "A figur'd Dance succeeds: Such once was seen" to "In lofty Gnossus, for the Cretan Queen"
  • Credits: Alexander Pope (translator)

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• War Music by Christopher Logue

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