The Iliad (Clothbound Classics)

The cover is better in person than the picture. Its robust and handles nicely. The introduction and preface is detailed and fantastic for a beginner in classucal lit. The maps are pretty. But the translation is not the best one. Although it is a prose copy, other translators did a more poetic job.

It is a great book, and the quality of the packaching and the book itself was on point

Nothing else.

I picked up this Penguin Classics cloth bound version of the Iliad along with The Odyssey for two reasons; First, I was researching various translations and decided on Rieu's as the one I wanted to read. Secondly, the simple cover design really stood out to me. I decided to start with reading The Odyssey because that was the one I had more of an I treat in, despite this technically being first in a timeline sense so I can't comment on the quality of the translation in this book. But I feel if it's as well done as his translation of The Odyssey has been done, it's going to be just as enjoyable. I really love how the book looks and feels with these cloth bound covers. It also has a ribbon bookmark built in, which is very handy as well as just looking nice. I'll be putting some fraycheck on the end of it before I start reading though, as the bookmark ribbon on my copy of The Odyssey has started to fray at the end. I really love how these two books look together and will definitely be picking up more of these Penguin Classics books in the future. Their designs are fantastic.

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