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The Illiad (Homer)

  • Homer (translated by Samuel Butler)
  • Ancient Greece

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The Iliad 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 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.

Thumbnail: The Fight for the body of Patroclus, 1892 (Public Domain; A. J. Church- via Wikipedia)


This page titled The Illiad (Homer) is shared under a Public Domain license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Homer (translated by Samuel Butler).

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