The Rage of Achilles
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The Rage of Achilles is a historical fiction
novel
about the Trojan War
by Terence Hawkins
, published in 2009. A novelization of Homer
's epic
poem the Iliad, the novel follows the same plot and characters as the source material, but uses modern language to create a fresher, more immediate war story.
Historical fiction
Historical fiction tells a story that is set in the past. That setting is usually real and drawn from history, and often contains actual historical persons, but the principal characters tend to be fictional...
novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
about the Trojan War
Trojan War
In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta. The war is among the most important events in Greek mythology and was narrated in many works of Greek literature, including the Iliad...
by Terence Hawkins
Terence Hawkins
Terence Hawkins is an American author of numerous short stories and The Rage of Achilles, a recounting of "The Iliad" in the form of a novel.-Background and Education:...
, published in 2009. A novelization of Homer
Homer
In the Western classical tradition Homer , is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest ancient Greek epic poet. These epics lie at the beginning of the Western canon of literature, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature.When he lived is...
's epic
Epic (genre)
An epic is traditionally a genre of poetry, known as epic poetry. However in modern terms, epic is often extended to other art forms, such as novels, plays, films, and video games where the story is centered on heroic characters, and the action takes place on a grand scale, just as in epic poetry...
poem the Iliad, the novel follows the same plot and characters as the source material, but uses modern language to create a fresher, more immediate war story.