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The Iliad of Homer

The Iliad (sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles.

Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war, the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends about the siege; the earlier events, such as the gathering of warriors for the siege, the cause of the war, and related concerns tend to appear near the beginning. Then the epic narrative takes up events prophesied for the future, such as Achilles' looming death and the sack of Troy, prefigured and alluded to more and more vividly, so that when it reaches an end, the poem has told a more or less complete tale of the Trojan War. (from wikipedia.org)

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e-Books
Homer's Iliad
Author: Homer; George Chapman, 1559-1634. Subject: Epic poetry, Greek; Achilles (Greek mythology); Trojan War. Publisher: London ; New York : G. Routledge. Book Contributor: Cornell University Library.
The Iliad of Homer
The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Iliad of Homer by Homer. Translated by Alexander Pope. Read this ebook online. Download This eBook. HTML. EPUB. Kindle. PDF. Plain Text.
The Iliad of Homer
The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Iliad of Homer, by Homer. Translator: William Cowper. Read this ebook online. Download This eBook. HTML. EPUB. Kindle. Plain Text.
The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer (Vol. 1: Iliad)
Author: Homer; William Cowper, 1731-1800. Publisher: London : Printed for J. Johnson. Language: English; Ancient Greek. Book contributor: University of California Libraries.
The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer (Vol. I of The Iliad: Book I-XII)
Author: Homer; William Sotheby, 1757-1833. Publisher: London, Nicol. Language: English; Ancient Greek. Book contributor: Robarts - University of Toronto.
The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer (Vol. II of The Iliad: Book XIII-XXIV)
Author: Homer; William Sotheby, 1757-1833. Publisher: London, Nicol. Language: English; Ancient Greek. Book contributor: Robarts - University of Toronto.
The Iliad of Homer
Author: Homer; Samuel Butler, 1835-1902. Publisher: London ; New York : Longman's, Green. Book contributor: Cornell University Library.
The Iliad of Homer (1873)
The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Iliad of Homer (1873), by Homer. Translator: Theodore Alois Buckley. Read this ebook online. Download This eBook. HTML. EPUB. Kindle. Plain Text.

Audio Books
The Iliad: Homer
LibriVox recording of Homer's Iliad translated by Samuel Butler, read by LibriVox volunteers. Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text.
The Iliad of Homer
LibriVox recording of The Iliad of Homer, by Homer. Translated by Theodore Alois Buckley. Read by StephenC. Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text.