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Simone Weil, a brilliant young teacher, philosopher, and social
activist, wrote the essay. The 'Iliad' or the Poem of Force at
France at the beginning of World War II. Her profound meditation on
the nature of violence provides a remarkably vivid and accessible
testament of the Greek epic's continuing relevance to our lives.
This celebrated work appears here for the first time in a bilingual
version, based on the text of the authoritative edition of the
author's complete writings. An introduction discusses the
significance of the essay both in the evolution of Weil's thought
and as a distinctively iconoclastic contribution to Homeric
studies. The commentary draws on recent interpretations of the
Iliad and examines the parallels between Weil's vision of Homer's
warriors and the experiences of modern soldiers.
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