![]() ![]() People who want to read Alexander Pope’s translation and don’t care about book covers can download a digital version from Project Gutenberg for free.Ī gold-and-blue-bound copy of “The Iliad” like Claire’s will be harder to find. The company was apparently in the business of making copies of books that would look good on a Victorian library shelf - here’s their version of Tennyson’s poetry from 1885. This copy of “The Iliad” was specially printed and bound by Donohue & Henneberry of Chicago. “While searching for copies of the Illiad that would be used for the film, the style and look of this book was chosen by myself and Rob Cohen,” Brandt explains. So while it’s not anywhere near the 10th century, it does have some cachet - Pope is a well-known poet - and it is a genuinely handsome edition. ![]() The book is an 1884 edition of “The Iliad,” translated by Alexander Pope. ![]()
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