Iliad - Homer (Greek text opposite)

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Book in Italian with Greek text on the front

Mondadori Classics (paperback)

«This version of the most ancient Greek poem presents very happy new elements: Franco Ferrari has rethought the root problem of the rhythm with which to render the ductile and varied structure of the Greek hexameter and has thoroughly rethought every expression or word of the original trying to grasp its exact, historically motivated meaning, combining this historicist scruple with a decisive commitment to making the rendering of the poem lucid, simple, current. And, again, he asked himself not only how but also what to translate, addressing all the textual problems. This Iliad is therefore an extraordinary critical-artistic achievement in which philological mastery is placed without pedantry at the service of interpretation: the fascinating elegance of the Italian rendering not only does not do violence to the Greek original but submits to it with docile loyalty of those who have patiently explored and passionately admired him for many years." (Gian Biagio Conte)

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Description

Book in Italian with Greek text on the front

Mondadori Classics (paperback)

«This version of the most ancient Greek poem presents very happy new elements: Franco Ferrari has rethought the root problem of the rhythm with which to render the ductile and varied structure of the Greek hexameter and has thoroughly rethought every expression or word of the original trying to grasp its exact, historically motivated meaning, combining this historicist scruple with a decisive commitment to making the rendering of the poem lucid, simple, current. And, again, he asked himself not only how but also what to translate, addressing all the textual problems. This Iliad is therefore an extraordinary critical-artistic achievement in which philological mastery is placed without pedantry at the service of interpretation: the fascinating elegance of the Italian rendering not only does not do violence to the Greek original but submits to it with docile loyalty of those who have patiently explored and passionately admired him for many years." (Gian Biagio Conte)

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