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The Iliad, in English
Translation
- Blackie, John Stuart. The Iliad in English Verse. Vols. 2-3 of Homer and
the Iliad, 4 vols. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1866.
- Bryant, William Cullen. The Iliad of Homer, Translated into English Blank
Verse. 2 vols. Boston: Fields, Osgood, and Co., 1870.
- Buckley, Theodore Alois. The Iliad of Homer Literally Translated, with Explanatory
Notes. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.
- Cayley, Charles Bagot. The Iliad of Homer, Homometrically Translated. London: Longmans
and Co., 1877.
- Chapman, George. The Iliad of Homer, Prince of Poets, Never before in Any
Language Truly Translated, with a Comment upon Some of His Chief Places; Done
according to the Greek. Ed. W. Cooke Taylor. 2 vols. London: Charles Knight and
Co., 1843.
- Cochrane, James Inglis. Homer's
Iliad, Translated into English Hexameters. Edinburgh: Printed for Private
Circulation, 1867.
- Cordery, J. G. The Iliad of Homer, Translated. 2 vols. London:
Rivingtons, 1871.
- Cowper, William. The Iliad of Homer, Translated into English Blank
Verse. Ed. J. Johnson. 2 vols. London: Bunney and Gold, 1802.
- Cumming, Prentiss. The Iliad of Homer, Translated into English Hexameter Verse: An Abridgment, Which Includes All the Main Story and the Most Celebrated Passages. 2 vols. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1910.
- Dart, J. Henry. The Iliad of Homer in English Hexameter Verse. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1865.
- Felton, C. C. The Iliad of Homer, from the Text of Wolf, with English Notes. Rev. ed. Boston: James Munroe, 1847.
- Herschel, John F. W. The Iliad of Homer, Translated into English Accentuated Hexameters. London: Macmillan and Co., 1866.
- Lang, Andrew, Walter Leaf, and Ernest Myers. The Iliad of Homer, Done into English Prose. London: Macmillan and Co., 1883.
- Macpherson, James. The Iliad of Homer, Translated. 2 vols. London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1773.
- Morrice, James. The Iliad of Homer, Translated into English Blank Verse. 2 vols. London: Richard Taylor and Co., 1809.
- Murray, A. T. The Iliad of Homer, with an English Translation. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1924. [This is a searchable edition in html, recommended for translation comparison with Fagles.]
- Newman, Francis William. The Iliad of Homer, Faithfully Translated into Unrhymed English Metre. London: Walton and Maberly, 1856.
- Norgate, T. S. Homer: The Iliad; or, Achilles' Wrath, at the Siege of Ilion, Reproduced in Dramatic Blank Verse. London: Williams and Norgate, 1864.
- Pope, Alexander. The Iliad of Homer, Translated from the Greek. 1718-1721. 2 vols. Edinburgh: A. Donaldson, 1769.
- Purves, John. The Iliad of Homer, Translated into English Prose. Ed. Evelyn Abbott. London: Percival and Co., 1891.
- Sotheby, William. The Iliad of Homer, Translated. 2 vols. London: John Murray, 1831.
- Stanley, Edward George Geoffrey Smith (14th Earl of Derby). The Iliad of Homer, Rendered into English Blank Verse. 2 vols. London: John Murray, 1864.
- Way, Arthur S. The Iliad of Homer, Done into English Verse. 2 vols. London: Sampson, Low, Marsden, Searle, and Rivington, 1886.
- Worsley, Philip Stanhope. The Iliad of Homer, Translated into English Verse in the Spenserian Stanza. Trans. John Conington. 2 vols. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1865-1868.
The Iliad, in Interlinear English Translation
Homeric Horseplay
Some Studies in Homer
- Benjamin, Samuel G. W. Troy: Its Legend, History, and Literature; with a Sketch of the Topography of the Troad in the Light of Recent Investigation. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895.
- Blackie, John Stuart. Homer and the Iliad. Vol. IV: Notes Philological and Archaeological. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1866.
- Gladstone, William Ewert. Homer. London: Macmillan and Co., 1878.
- —. Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age. Olympus; or, The Religion of the Homeric Age. Oxford: OUP, 1858.
- Jebb, Richard Claverhouse. An Introduction to the Iliad and the Odyssey. 6th ed. Boston: Ginn and Co., 1902.
- Lang, Andrew. Homer and the Epic. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893.
- —. The World of Homer. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1910.
- Lawton, William Cranston. Art and Humanity in Homer. New York: Macmillan and Co., 1896.
- Leaf, Walter. A Companion to the Iliad for English Readers. London: Macmillan and Co., 1892.
- —. Homer and History. With Maps. London: Macmillan and Co., 1915.
- Maclaren, Charles. The Plain of Troy Described; and the Identity of the Ilium of Homer with the New Ilium of Strabo Proved, by Comparing the Poet's Narrative with the Present Topography. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1863.
- Salisbury, Stephen. Troy and Homer: Remarks on the Discoveries of Dr. Heinrich Schliemann in the Troad. Worcester: Charles Hamilton, 1875.
- Schliemann, Heinrich. Ilios: The City and Country of the Trojans: The Results of Researches and Discoveries on the Site of Troy and Throughout the Troad in the Years 1871-72-73-78-79; Including an Autobiography of the Author. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1881.
- —. Troja: Results of the Latest Researches and Discoveries on the Site of Homer's Troy, and in the Heroic Tumuli and Other Sites Made in the Year 1882; and a Narrative of a Journey in the Troad in 1881. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1884.
- —. Troy and Its Remains: A Narrative of Researches and Discoveries Made on the Site of Ilium, and in the Trojan Plain. Ed. Philip Smith. London: John Murray, 1875.
- Scott, John A. The Unity of Homer. Sather Classical Lectures I. Berkeley: UC Press, 1921.
- Timayenis, Telemachus Thomas. Greece in the Times of Homer: An Account of the Life, Customs, and Habits of the Greeks during the Homeric Period. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1885.
Web Sites and Web Pages
- Theoi, E-Texts Library:
- "The Theoi Classical E-Texts Library is a collection of works from ancient Greek and Roman literature in translation. The theme of the library is classical mythology and so the selection presented consists primarily of ancient poetry (epic, lyric, buculic, et. al.), drama and prose renditions of myth."
- Perseus Digital Library:
- The Perseus Digital Library, a project of the Department of Classics at Tufts University, includes a large collection of primary and secondary literature for the study of the Greek and Roman classics.
- The Ancient Library: Bookshelf:
- The Bookshelf of "The Ancient Library" holds the full texts of the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1867), the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1870), the Dictionary of Classical Antiquities by Oskar Seyffert (1894), the Classical Gazetteer by William Hazlitt (1851), and other useful reference works.
- Myth Index: Greek:
- Myth Index calls itself "a complete index of Greek mythology, including titles and epithets of the gods." More than 3,700 names from Greek mythology are included in this online encyclopedia, with references to original sources.
- Greek Mythology Link:
- Greek Mythology Link is a collection of myths based on ancient sources retold by Carlos Parada, author of Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology (Jonsered: Paul Astroms, 1993).
- Encyclopedia Mythica:
- This online encyclopedia is comprised of over 7,000 articles on subjects relative to Greek, Roman, Norse, Celtic, and Native American mythologies. A most helpful part of this encyclopedia is its Pronunciation Guide for English-speaking readers.
- MythNet:
- MythNet is "a site dedicated toward Greek Mythology and [is] one of the sections of Classics Unveiled." It includes descriptions of the Olympian Gods, the Titans, the lesser gods, heroes and notable characters in Greek mythology, genealogical charts, and information on the Trojan War.
- Timeless Myths: Classical Mythology:
- "The pages devoted to Classical myths, has [sic] been divided into four sections: 1. The Pantheon contains information of Greek deities, including the tale of the Creation and a number of other myths. 2. The Heroic Age contains information of Greek heroes and heroines. . . . 3. Royal Houses include stories of famous families in some of the most powerful cities in Greece. . . . 4. The Geographia contains extra information about the ancient Greece, like the city and region mentioned in Greek Myths."
- Greek and Roman Mythology Images:
- This site offers a catalogue of linked images by ancient artists of persons, gods, and events from Greek epic and mythology. Many of the important events from the Epic of Troy were depicted by artists from classical Greece through drawing, painting, and sculpture.
- The Greek Age of Bronze:
- The Greek Age of Bronze" is "a site dedicated to "Weapons and warfare in the late Helladic time 1600-1100 BC." It includes pictorial descriptions of the Minoan and Mycenaean armor, helmets, weapons, shields, chariots, and ships. Altogether, this site is an excellent aid to the imagination as one reads the Iliad.
- Project Troia:
- Project Troia is the website of a current "international and interdisciplinary" excavation project in the Troad undertaken by the department of archaeology at the University of Tubingen, and the department of classics at the University of Cincinnati.
- Was There a Trojan War?:
- This article by Manfred Korfmann, published by Archaeology Magazine 57.3 (May/June 2004), briefly surveys popular conceptions and current scholarship on the subject of late Bronze Age Troy and its connection with Homeric Troy.
- The Amazons:
- This informative site, with original photos and maps, is developed by the Amazon Research Network, devoted to "the investigation of the historical Amazons."
Maps
English 201: The Epic of Troy Instructor: Dr. Tod E. Jones Fall 2009, updated Fall 2010
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