{"product_id":"the-iliad-paperback","title":"The Iliad by Homer | Classic Literature Paperback Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWestern literature begins here.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eAttributed to Homer and shaped through centuries of oral tradition, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/strong\u003e stands at the foundation of the Western literary canon. It establishes not only the epic as a literary form, but many of the questions that literature would return to repeatedly: how honour is earned and lost, how anger shapes fate, and how memory outlives the individual.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe Trojan War provides the setting, but it is not the subject. The poem is concerned with conduct under pressure — with pride, obligation, loyalty, and the fragile bonds between people caught inside systems larger than themselves. Violence is present throughout, but it is never abstracted; its consequences are immediate and enduring.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eRead now, \u003cem\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/em\u003e remains demanding. Its pace is deliberate, its moral landscape unsimplified, and its voice unyielding. Much of what follows in Western literature — epic, tragedy, and even the idea of heroism itself — traces back to the tensions first articulated here.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Homer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/tawpublishing-co-uk-book-blog\/homer-founders-of-western-literature\" title=\"Read the literary essay on Homer\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eRead about Homer\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrowse our \u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" title=\"Founders of Western Literature Collection\" href=\"\/collections\/founders-of-western-literature\"\u003eFounders of Western Literature collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDispatch \u0026amp; delivery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eAll orders are carefully packed and dispatched from our UK base. We offer fast UK delivery and reliable international shipping.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReturns\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eFor full details, please see our \u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" title=\"Refund and Returns Policy\" href=\"\/policies\/refund-policy\"\u003eRefund \u0026amp; Returns Policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDelivery times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eEstimated delivery windows are available on our \u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" title=\"Delivery Times\" href=\"\/policies\/shipping-policy\"\u003eDelivery Times\u003c\/a\u003e page.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTAWPublishing.co.uk is a UK-based independent bookshop and publisher, serving readers in the UK and internationally.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TAWPublishing.co.uk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56597315191116,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/9852\/2444\/files\/homer-the-iliad-paperback.jpg?v=1769952074","url":"https:\/\/tawpublishing.co.uk\/products\/the-iliad-paperback","provider":"TAWPublishing.co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}