Alexander Pope's translation of The Iliad was originally released in six volumes between 1715 and 1720. Every year for six years, a new volume was made available which was purchased via subscription. The translation soon became famous and has been called 'the greatest translation ever achieved in English or in any other language'. The beautiful spacious printing and punctuation of the text in this original edition brings colour, musicality and life to the poem in a way which is difficult to describe and which no modern edition comes close to matching. This eBook is a clean scan of the first volume of the 'subscribers' edition published by Bernard Lintott in 1715. Included in this volume are: The names of the 575 subscribers (which included Sir Issac Newton) A preface by Alexander Pope A few essays on Homer The First Book of The Iliad The Second Book of The Iliad The Third Book of The Iliad The Fourth Book of The Iliad Four chapters of 'observations' or 'notes', one for each book