The Iliad

　　悠悠九載，希臘聯軍懸滯異城，而圍城不下。阿基里斯因故一怒，罷戰旁觀，其後因義歸隊，終令特洛伊師喪城陷。荷馬擇取此役第十年中數日間事，懷著同情、瞭解和幽默，吟出一篇千古傳響的悲劇史詩。希臘人引之為其民族文學最偉大成就，與「奧德修斯返國記」（舊譯「奧德賽」）並舉為生活、行為、教育及文化的榜樣。羅馬時代以下、經文藝復興、以至現代，「荷馬史詩」在西方歷史、哲學、神話諸領域裡，蹤跡處處。至其文學層面，則自亞理斯多德品題，以成西方文學人物塑造、敘事技巧以及故事結構的原型。---中文簡介擷取自中譯本《伊里亞圍城記》，聯經出版

　　A stunning new translation of Homer's great war epic, the legendary tale of honour, love, loss and revenge during the fall of the city of Troy

作者簡介

　　Caroline Alexander is the author of seven books of non-fiction including the international bestsellers The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition and The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty. A contributing writer for National Geographic Magazine, Alexander has also written for the New Yorker, Smithsonian and Granta among other publications. Alexander’s latest books are Lost Gold of the Dark Ages: War, Treasure and the Mystery of the Saxons and The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of the Iliad and the Trojan War. Between 1982 and 85, Alexander established a department of Classics at the University of Malawi, in central-east Africa.