The Iliad: A Norton Critical Edition

“Emily Wilson's translations are a godsend for my students. Their comprehension of the texts simply skyrocketed.”
―SVETLANA CORWIN, Belmont Abbey College
“Like Virgil in Dante’s Inferno, Wilson-as-annotator guides us through the Iliad’s strange terrain.

And like Virgil―who steers the narrator’s emotions as well as his steps―she encourages us to laugh or weep, as the situation demands. . . . The argument underneath such notes is that there is no part of the poem that the reader should discard.”
―LAURA KOLB, Book Post
This Norton Critical Edition includes: Emily Wilson’s masterful translation of The Iliad―“readable, relevant, and from the heart” (Washington Post)―accompanied by her introduction, note on translation, explanatory footnotes, and book-by-book summaries.

Excerpts from ancient sources and analogues, most also translated by Wilson, that highlight The Iliad’s place in a long line of stories about the Trojan War. A collection of postclassical responses to the text that illustrate its enduring impact in poetry and fiction.

A selection of comparative translations, highlighting different stylistic approaches to rendering Homer’s epic from the seventeenth to twenty-first centuries.

Five critical essays essential to studying the Iliad, written by Simone Weil, Robert Fowler, David Konstan, Naoíse Mac Sweeney, and Sheila Murnaghan.

Five maps of Greece and Troy, three genealogical charts, a glossary with a pronunciation guide, and a list of suggested further readings.