The Iliad of Homer

xxviii, [4], 478 pp. 8vo. Classical illustrations by John Flaxman. Translated into English verse, with an introduction, by Alexander Pope. "Dating to the ninth century B.C., Homer's timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves inexorably to the wrenching, tragic conclusion of the Trojan War."