{"product_id":"iliad-by-homer-9780862921491","title":"Iliad","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIliad VI\u003c\/em\u003e makes ideal reading for a student approaching the epic for the first time. Amongst other episodes, it includes the meeting of Diomedes and Glaukos in battle, which throws light on the ethics of epic warfare; and the touching scene of Hektor's final parting from his wife Andromache and baby son Astyanax.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis illustrated edition includes text with notes on the facing page, an introduction, and a select bibliography of further reading. There are also short appendices introducing the forms of Homeric dialect with their Attic equivalents, prepositional usages in Homer, Homeric formulae, and scansion of the hexameter. A consolidated vocabulary and glossary of proper names follow—in sum, all the basic material needed for early Greek learners to tackle their first book of Homer with confidence and understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48147296813292,"sku":"9780862921491","price":114.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780862921491-iliad.jpg?v=1786448608","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/iliad-by-homer-9780862921491","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}