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Homer's Iliad is the famous epic poem set among the tales of Troy. Its subject is the anger of the hero Achilles and its dreadful consequences for the warring Greeks and Trojans. It was composed more than 2,600 years ago, but still transfixes us with its tale of loss and battle, love and revenge, guided throughout by the active presence of the gods. Its beauty and profound bleakness are intensely moving but great questions remain: where, how and when it was composed and why it has such enduring power?
In this compelling book Robin Lane Fox addresses these questions, drawing on a life-long love and engagement with the poem. He argues for a place, a date and a method for its composition, giving us a sense of alternative approaches and grounding his own in discoveries about long heroic poems composed elsewhere in the world, and the ever-growing evidence of archaeology.
Unlike other books on the Iliad, this one combines the detailed expertise of a historian with the sensitivity of a teacher of it as poetry. Lane Fox goes on to consider hallmarks of the poem, its values, implicit and explicit, its characters, its women, its gods and even its horses. He argues repeatedly for its beautiful observation and addresses its parallel use of what is, to us, the natural world. Thousands of readers turn to the Iliad every year. In this superbly written and conceived tribute, Lane Fox expresses and amplifies what old and new readers can find in it. It is pervaded, he argues, by a poignant hardness which is not just a poetic trick. It is a deeply held view of the world.
“Valuable… [an] earnest appreciation.”―Wall Street Journal
“Fiercely argued.”―Financial Times
“The best book on the Iliad in years and an exemplary work of historical and literary criticism.”―The Washington Examiner
"A masterly survey of the Iliad, its majesty, its pathos and its unparalleled progression from wrath to pity.”―History Today
“In his magisterial new book Homer and His Iliad, the eminent British classicist Robin Lane Fox reaches exegetical heights.”―Bloomberg Opinion
“Lane Fox is an Oxford don, and his book the result of a lifetime’s dedication to the Iliad — personally and professionally. As such it is rigorously academic, but also winningly idiosyncratic…. This is a compelling and impressive work.”―Times (UK)
“This is a compelling and impressive work.”―Sunday Times (UK)
“A bold reassessment of how [the Iliad] came to life.” ―The Spectator (UK)
“The product of a lifetime’s contemplation of study… a stirring introduction to the sometimes alien Homeric world.” ―The Spectator (UK)
"State-of-the-art discussion of the date and origin of the Homeric Iliad, melded with a fine personal account of the impact of the poem as a profound meditation on our human condition in what remains a dangerous world."―Bryn Mawr Classical Review
“Excellent … This book is the expression of [Fox’s] lifelong love for the poem.”―Country Life
“An engaging, scholarly commentary.”―The Oldie
“An enlightening account…. Combining a historian’s meticulous methodology with a lifelong appreciation of the Iliad, Lane Fox presents a thorough reassessment of the poem and a moving interrogation of its themes of pathos, pity, and irony. It’s a rewarding investigation.”―Publishers Weekly
“A lucid, scholarly exploration into an immortal work.”―Kirkus
