Excerpt from The Iliad; Or, Achilles' Wrath; At the Siege of Ilion: Reproduced in Dramatic Blank Verse In addition to the many existing translations of the Iliad, another attempt at such is here offered to the notice of the English reader: and sure there will be many another yet. For any one who reads Homer's own Poems, and looks into any English translations, cannot but feel how lucklessly they fall short of giving to the English reader anything like an adequate idea of what Homer is, - whether in his matter, or in his manner; his marvellous imagery, sometimes unfolded in many words, sometimes in a single one, and that utterly untranslatable by a single one; his very childlike simplicity at all times; his power of bringing before the eye of the reader's or hearer's mind rapid and distinct dioramas of human life and action, ever varying, ever natural, ever pleasing, ever instructive; though sometimes awful, sometimes ludicrous, sometimes tenderly touching: and all this in words that fly on wings of wild-fire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.