So the idea of a “first edition” of the Iliad showing up in English at an American yard sale is just plain silly. It’s the kind of thing that could only happen in the movies. In the Jennifer ...

In the film, Lopez receives the 3,000-year-old book as a gift from her male teenage neighbor who says, "It was a buck at a garage sale." By Natalie Stone Boy_Next_Door_Iliad_Still - H 2015 In the ...

An online used bookstore reports that demand for a "first edition" of Homer's Iliad has soared, thanks to a new thriller starring Jennifer Lopez. 'First Edition' Of The 'Iliad'? Sure, Right Next ...

"The Iliad, first edition" has been the top search term on AbeBooks, the American online book store that specialises in rare editions, since Lopez's film, The Boy Next Door, was released in the US ...

But “first edition” is also a term book collectors ... there may be many first editions of the Iliad, including first-runs of English translations by literary greats like Arthur Hall of ...

Relief! During their flirtation, Noah gives Claire a supposed first edition of “The Iliad,” with a striking, illustrated cover. She doesn’t accept it at first, but he insists, saying he got ...

This is an edition of the revamped Books Briefing ... In the world of The Iliad, emotions such as rage can lead to full-scale wars. Love can launch ships. It is an upside-down reality for my ...

Of course it is also different, in that there’s no living tradition of worship of the Olympian gods, and the Iliad wasn’t exactly a sacred text even in antiquity. When I personally first ...