Author: Alexander, Caroline,1956-
Title: The war that killed Achilles: the true story of Homer’s Iliad and the Trojan War
Published: New York: Viking, 2009
Description: xix, 296 p. :map ; 24 cm.
Call Number: PA4037 A5955 2009
Bibliography: p. 229-277
Content(s):
- Landscape of the Trojan War
- The things they carried
- Chain of command
- Terms of engagement
- Enemy lines
- Land of my fathers
- In God we trust
- Man down
- No hostages
- The death of Hektor
- Everlasting glory
Summary: Many have forgotten that the subject of the "Illiad" was war--not merely the poetical romance of the war at Troy, but war, in all its enduring devastation. This groundbreaking reading of Homer’s epic poem restores the poet’s vision of the tragedy of war, addressing many of the central questions that define the war experience of every age
Subject(s):
- Homer. Iliad
- War in literature
- Trojan War -- Literature and the war
- Achilles (Greek mythology)
Review(s):
- Cooksey, T. L. "The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War." Library Journal 134, no. 18 (November 2009): 66
- STEVE, COATES. "Where Men Won Glory." New York Times Book Review (October 18, 2009): 16
- Taylor, Gilbert. "The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War." Booklist 106, no. 3 (October 2009): 16
Read: March 25, 2011
