The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War
<b>"Spectacular and constantly surprising." <br /> -Ken Burns </b> <br /><br /> Written with the authority of a scholar and the vigor of a bestselling narrative historian, <i>The War That Killed Achilles</i> is a superb and utterly timely presentation of one of the timeless stories of Western civilization. As she did in <i>The Endurance</i> and <i>The Bounty</i>, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Caroline Alexander has taken apart a narrative we think we know and put it back together in a way that lets us see its true power. In the process, she reveals the intended theme of Homer's masterwork-the tragic lessons of war and its enduring devastation.
The Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander
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The Cypria: Reconstructing the Lost Prequel to Homer's Iliad
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Why Homer Matters: A History
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The Trojan War: A New History
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The Odyssey
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The Silence of the Girls: A Novel
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Introducing the Ancient Greeks: From Bronze Age Seafarers to Navigators of the Western Mind
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War Music: An Account of Homer's Iliad
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Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen
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The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (The Myths)
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