Renee’s Reviews > The Iliad > Status Update

I am so in love with this translation! It's smooth and fluent and terribly beautiful.

"You already know the story. You will die. Everyone you love will also die. You will lose them forever. You will be sad and angry. You will weep. You will bargain. You will make demands. You will beg. You will pray. It will make no difference. Nothing you can do will bring them back. You know this. Your knowing changes nothing. This poem will make you understand this unfathomable truth again and again, as if for the

This translation is absolutely divine.

The introduction alone is amazing. Truly. I'm so excited to read this translation.