The story of the Iliad
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For nine years did the Greeks besiege the city of Troy.
"Surely it were better to return home, than that we should all perish here by war or plague.
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- INTRODUCTIONSample
- Chapter I. THE QUARREL
- Chapter II. THE ASSEMBLY
- Chapter III. THE DUEL OF PARIS AND MENELAUS
- Chapter IV. THE BROKEN OATH
- Chapter V. THE VALIANT DEEDS OF DIOMED
- Chapter VI. GLAUCUS AND DIOMED
- Chapter VII. HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE
- Chapter VIII. THE DUEL OF HECTOR AND AJAX
- Chapter IX. THE BATTLE ON THE PLAIN
- Chapter X. THE EMBASSY TO ACHILLES
- Chapter XI. THE ADVENTURE OF ULYSSES AND DIOMED
- Chapter XII. THE WOUNDING OF THE CHIEFS
- Chapter XIII. THE BATTLE AT THE WALL
- Chapter XIV. THE BATTLE AT THE SHIPS
- Chapter XV. THE DEEDS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS
- THE ROUSING OF ACHILLES
- Chapter XVII. THE MAKING OF THE ARMS
- Chapter XVIII. THE ENDING OF THE STRIFE
- Chapter XIX. THE BATTLE AT THE RIVER
- Chapter XX. THE BATTLE OF THE GODS
- Chapter XXI. THE SLAYING OF HECTOR
- Chapter XXII. THE BURNING OF PATROCLUS
- Chapter XXIII. THE RANSOMING OF HECTOR
- PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES