![]() The centuries old epic about the wrath of Achilles is rendered into modern English verse by a renowned translator and accompanied by an introduction that reassesses the identity of Homer. The spelling and pronunciation of Homeric names - Maps: Mainland Greece - Peloponnese - Aegean and Asia minor - Troy and vicinity - Homer: Iliad - The rage of Achilles - The great gathering of Armies - Helen reviews the champions - The truce erupts in war - Diomedes fights the gods - Hector returns to Troy - Ajax duels with Hector - The tide of battle turns - The embassy of Achilles - Marauding through the night - Agamemnon's day of glory - The Trojans storm the rampart - Battling for the ships - Hera outflanks Zeus - The Achaean armies the bay - Patroclus fights and dies - Menelaus' finest hour - The shield of Achilles - The champion arms for battle - Olympian gods in arms - Achilles fights the river - The death of Hector - Funeral games for Patroclus - Achilles and Priam - The genealogy of the royal house of Troy ![]() ![]() Includes notes on the translation and a pronouncing glossary ![]()
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