The Iliad: Homer Monocle Magazine liberated Parisienne

liberated Parisienne

Australia’s greatest and most enduring songwriter

and in a completely foreign land

a disorientated taxi driver

combining the masterful direction of John Huston with the fabulous chemistry of Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn in their only onscreen pairing

The Iliad: Homer Monocle Magazine liberated ParisienneWhen Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017 revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was fresh, unpretentious and lean, critics lauded it as a revelation and a cultural landmark that would forever change how Homer is read in English. Now Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer's other great epic: the most revered war poem of all time. The Iliad roars with the clamour of arms, the bellowing