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It is believed that the Iliad was first set down in writing during the eighth century B.C.E. Ennis Rees’s translation first appeared in 1963.
Published in 2005 by Barnes & Noble Classics with new Introduction,
Notes, Biography, Chronology, Inspired By, Comments & Questions,
and For Further Reading.
Introduction, Notes, and For Further Reading
Copyright © 2005 by Bruce M. King.
Translation of the Iliad
Copyright © 1963, 2005 by Ennis Rees.
Note on Homer, The World of the Iliad,
Inspired by the Iliad and the Odyssey, and Comments & Questions
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The Iliad
ISBN-13: 978-1-59308-232-1 ISBN-10: 1-59308-232-0
eISBN : 978-1-411-43237-6
LC Control Number 2005929206
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