How to quote the iliad

Title of the Book: Plus a Subtitle. Edited/ Translated by Firstname Lastname, Publisher, Year of Publication. Homer. The Iliad.

MLA (7th ed.)

Homer, , and P A. Draper. Iliad: Book 1. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2002.

The Iliad of Homer. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1951. T: (Lattimore 1951, 91–92) R: Lattimore, Richmond, trans. 1951.

 In citing The Odyssey , cite by division (book) and line, with periods (but no spaces) separating the numbers. For example, (9.649) refers to Book 9, line 649.

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The Odyssey of Homer is a Greek epic poem that tells of the return journey of Odysseus to the island of Ithaca from the war at Troy, which Homer addressed in The Iliad. In the Greek tradition, the war lasted for ten years.

To cite an epic poem in MLA format, you follow the citation format for a book. Therefore, you include the author, title, publication year, publisher, and date. An example of an epic poem citation in MLA looks like: Kovacs, Maureen.

Include the author’s name, the title(s) of the poem(s), and the line number(s) in the text (for better source inte- gration) or within a parenthetical citation.

In the Works Cited entry, you start with the poet’s name, followed by the title of the poem in quotation marks. Then include details of the source where the poem was published. Usually you will follow the format of an MLA book citation or an MLA website citation.

How to cite a poem in Harvard referencing style (Cite Them Right 10^th edition) Formula: Poet Last Name, First Initial. (Year) ‘Poem title’, in Last Name, Initial (ed.)

Author surname, initial/s. (year of publication of the source) ‘Title of poem. ‘ In Author/editor of publication/source (if different to author/poet of cited poem) Title of publication/source (in italics). Place of publication: Publisher, page number/s.

A reference to the page or line number should be included in parenthesis at the end of the last line. If the original text is creatively spaced or indented, then try to replicate the original as best you can.

When citing a direct quote by someone who is not the author of the source, you should introduce the person in your writing, use double quotation marks for the quote, rather than the usual single quotation marks for direct quotes by the author of the source, and add the page number within the bracketed citation, or, for

The MLA Handbook explains that if you are citing line numbers instead of page numbers in your parenthetical citation, you should “in your first citation, use the word line or lines” before the line numbers, “and then, having established that the numbers designate lines, give the numbers alone” (121):

Quoting Directly

When you quote directly from a source, enclose the quoted section in quotation marks. Add an in-text citation at the end of the quote with the author name and page number, like this: “Here’s a direct quote” (Smith 8).

Using et al.

In APA Style in-text citations, when a source has two authors, list both. When there are three or more authors, cite the first author followed by “et al.” APA does not recommend using “et al.” in the reference list. Instead, list up to 20 authors in full.

It is best to introduce the quotation or paraphrase with a signal phrase which includes the author’s name and provides context for the reader. That is, you must give the reader enough information to understand who is being quoted or paraphrased and why.

Essential Properties of Paraphrasing

One is it should have similar meaning or the same thought as the original question. Next, it must elicit the same answer as the original question. Lastly, the paraphrased question must show alternate wordings and order of some words.

The question is, then, does the use of an online paraphrasing tool constitute plagiarism? Certainly, if the original source material is not cited, the work can be considered plagiarized. However, the use of a paraphrasing tool means that the writing is not truly original or attributable to the author.