Caroline Alexander (author)
Caroline Alexander is an American author, classicist and filmmaker. In 2015, she published an acclaimed translation of Homer's Iliad, the first English translation of an Homeric poem by a woman.
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Quotes
[edit]The Iliad (2015)
[edit]- Page numbers are from the trade paperback edition published by Ecco (Harper Collins) in 2016, ISBN 978-0-06-204628-4, sixth printing
- Even when no one desires it, war still happens, whether by the will of the gods or the nature of man.
- Introduction (p. xxxi)
- The result of at least three thousand years of storytelling, the Iliad is still with us because it has resonated powerfully with every passing age. Majestic similes that conjure the world of nature; magnetic characters defined by stirring and momentous speeches; and a broad and generous humanity that reveals a panorama of human life locked in heroic struggle beneath a mischievous or indifferent heaven—these are the hallmarks of Homeric poetry. Through such high artistry did this mysterious master poet transform an ancient tale of one obscure campaign into a sublime and sweeping evocation of the devastation of every war, of any time.
- Introduction (p. xxxii)