The Iliad

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE

Introduction

BOOK ONE - The Rage of Achilles

BOOK TWO - The Great Gathering of Armies

BOOK THREE - Helen Reviews the Champions

BOOK FOUR - The Truce Erupts in War

BOOK FIVE - Diomedes Fights the Gods

BOOK SIX - Hector Returns to Troy

BOOK SEVEN - Ajax Duels with Hector

BOOK EIGHT - The Tide of Battle Turns

BOOK NINE - The Embassy to Achilles

BOOK TEN - Marauding Through the Night

BOOK ELEVEN - Agamemnon’s Day of Glory

BOOK TWELVE - The Trojans Storm the Rampart

BOOK THIRTEEN - Battling for the Ships

BOOK FOURTEEN - Hera Outflanks Zeus

BOOK FIFTEEN - The Achaean Armies at Bay

BOOK SIXTEEN - Patroclus Fights and Dies

BOOK SEVENTEEN - Menelaus’ Finest Hour

BOOK EIGHTEEN - The Shield of Achilles

BOOK NINETEEN - The Champion Arms for Battle

BOOK TWENTY - Olympian Gods in Arms

BOOK TWENTY-ONE - Achilles Fights the River

BOOK TWENTY-TWO - The Death of Hector

BOOK TWENTY-THREE - Funeral Games for Patroclus

BOOK TWENTY-FOUR - Achilles and Priam

NOTES

TEXTUAL VARIANTS FROM THE OXFORD CLASSICAL TEXT

NOTES ON THE TRANSLATION

SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING

PRONOUNCING GLOSSARY

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