The Iliad (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
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This edition of The Iliad (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Robert Fagles, Bernard MacGregor Walker Knox & Homer is a general-interest book whose subject is easy to identify. The record for this copy lists 1998 • Penguin Group USA • 704 pages.
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Paperback: ISBN-13 9780140275360
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