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The Iliad by Homer – SOLD OUT
October 2 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
featuring Al Duncan, Assistant Professor of Classics
Sold out in person and virtual. Email human@unc.edu to be added to the waitlist.
Included on 2023 Best Book lists from The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Telegraph, Time, and The Guardian
Emily Wilson, acclaimed translator of Homer’s Odyssey, has now taken on one of the greatest war poems of all time. From the book description:
The Iliad roars with the clamor of arms, the bellowing boasts of victors, the fury and grief of loss, and the anguished cries of dying men. It sings, too, of the sublime magnitude of the world—the fierce beauty of nature and the gods’ grand schemes beyond the ken of mortals. In Wilson’s hands, this thrilling, magical, and often horrifying tale now gallops at a pace befitting its legendary battle scenes, in crisp but resonant language that evokes the poem’s deep pathos and reveals palpably real, even “complicated,” characters—both human and divine.
“Emily Wilson’s translation of the Iliad brings Homer’s great war story to rousing new life….propulsive….buoyant and expressive.”
― New York Times Book Review
“Readable, relevant and from the heart, this is the Iliad we have all been waiting for, whether we knew it or not.”
― Washington Post
“The effect [of Wilson’s translation] is not so much to bring the characters of the Iliad into the contemporary sphere, as to bring us into theirs. … A poem you read with your heart in your throat.”
― The Spectator
DETAILS
Meeting Dates and Times: Wednesdays, October 2 and 9 |10:00 am-12:00 pm
Cost: $40, includes a copy of the book shipped to your home
This is a hybrid program held at Flyleaf Books. A very limited number of virtual seats are available on a first come, first served basis
Register Online or by calling 919-962-1544
Due to the nature of the reading groups, refunds are not available.
