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New PDF release: War Music: An Account of Books 1-4 and 16-19 of Homer's

By Christopher Logue

ISBN-10: 0226491900

ISBN-13: 9780226491905

In his remarkable rendering of 8 books of Homer's Iliad, Logue the following retells essentially the most evocative episodes of the conflict vintage, together with the dying of Patroclus and Achilles's fateful go back to conflict, that sealed the doom of Troy. Compulsively readable, Logue's poetry flies off the web page, and his compelling descriptions of the horrors of conflict have a surreal, dreamlike caliber that has been in comparison to the flicks of Kurosawa. protecting the nice poem's tale line yet rewriting each incident, Logue brings the Trojan warfare to lifestyles for contemporary audiences.

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Put on by Love. World war. For me. I know I have no saving touch of ugliness. What fortune do I have? Poor Menelaos. He hid his grief. I trust very few people now. Hector, of course. I know it would be better if I killed myself. But all I do is cry. And that is so annoying. " 110 She stands. She looks. A pause. Then: "You see that Greek with the green umbrella? That is lord Ajax, king of Salamis. High as a man and a half. You like it when he comes into your room, His big, broad face, his slightly bulging, slightly shyish eyes Make you feel safe.

You like it when he comes into your room, His big, broad face, his slightly bulging, slightly shyish eyes Make you feel safe. A pious soul, Concerned with the opinion of his fighters, Not above asking them to pray for him, And such a fighter! Even Achilles Sees Ajax as the spear Greece counts on. Notice the lord just coming up to him. He is an Islander, Nyro of Simi. A distant relative of Agamemnon, Well born, well bred, bearing a celebrated name. No Greek-except Achilles-can match Nyro's looks.

So .. l' Touching the left-hand corner of her mouth "... " And now the right. " Glass down. "You mean, together? Greece and Troy? " Settling her loose-bead bodice. " And so, With faces like NO EN TRY signs they hurried through the clouds. "Ah ... " Soos (smiling) says and bows Helen, her maids, on by. "I see young Nain has fained. " An inner court. Gold loops across the sluiced coclackia. " We do. Snow on Mount Ida. With Menelaos' wish Lord Thoal and Chylabborak's son, Kykeon, walk towards Troy.

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