This volume is a distinctive critical introduction to Homer's Iliad, the earliest epic poem, and the earliest known work of literature in ancient Greece.

All Greek in the text is translated; the versions offered seek to convey the distinctive character of the original."--BOOK JACKET.

This influential book was the first comprehensive study of Nietzsche's earliest work, The Birth of Tragedy (1872).

This is an unusual and original contribution to literary theory.

Part of the book: "There was chaos inside me with emotions I couldn't even name.