A Homeric Echo: Lisa Jarnot’s Iliad XXII

Review by Piotr Gwiazda The Iliad Book XXII: The Death of Hector by Lisa Jarnot Atticus/Finch Books, 2006 Bookthug (Toronto), 2007 It is often noted about Homer, the “compiler of the Iliad” (as George Steiner calls him), that in his portrayal of the Trojan War he remains neutral. Homer famously doesn’t take sides; there are no winners or losers among his fighting warriors. The defeated … Continue reading A Homeric Echo: Lisa Jarnot’s Iliad XXII