The Iliad
Homer
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Homer · 60 chapters
Quotes from this book
Scepticism is as much the result of knowledge, as knowledge is of scepticism.
To be content with what we at present know, is, for the most part, to shut our ears against conviction.
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- INTRODUCTION.Sample
- Chapter
- BOOK I.
- HOMER INVOKING THE MUSE
- MINERVA REPRESSING THE FURY OF ACHILLES
- THETIS ENTREATING JUPITER TO HONOUR ACHILLES
- BOOK II.
- JUPITER SENDING THE EVIL DREAM TO AGAMEMNON
- BOOK III.
- VENUS PRESENTING HELEN TO PARIS
- BOOK IV.
- THE COUNCIL OF THE GODS
- BOOK V.
- OTUS AND EPHIALTES HOLDING MARS CAPTIVE
- DIOMED CASTING HIS SPEAR AT MARS
- BOOK VI.
- HECTOR CHIDING PARIS
- THE MEETING OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE
- BOOK VII.
- HECTOR AND AJAX SEPARATED BY THE HERALDS
- BOOK VIII.
- Chapter
- BOOK IX.
- THE EMBASSY TO ACHILLES
- GREEK GALLEY
- BOOK X.
- BOOK XI.
- THE DESCENT OF DISCORD
- BOOK XII.
- POLYDAMAS ADVISING HECTOR
- BOOK XIII.
- NEPTUNE RISING FROM THE SEA
- BOOK XIV.
- SLEEP ESCAPING FROM THE WRATH OF JUPITER
- GREEK SHIELD
- BOOK XV.
- AJAX DEFENDING THE GREEK SHIPS
- BOOK XVI.
- BOOK XVII.
- FIGHT FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS
- BOOK XVIII.
- JUNO COMMANDING THE SUN TO SET
- THETIS AND EURYNOME RECEIVING THE INFANT VULCAN
- VULCAN AND CHARIS RECEIVING THETIS
- BOOK XIX.
- THETIS BRINGING THE ARMOUR TO ACHILLES
- BOOK XX.
- THE GODS DESCENDING TO BATTLE
- BOOK XXI.
- ACHILLES CONTENDING WITH THE RIVERS
- BOOK XXII.
- THE BATH
- ANDROMACHE FAINTING ON THE WALL
- BOOK XXIII.
- THE FUNERAL PILE OF PATROCLUS
- BOOK XXIV.
- THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS
- FUNERAL OF HECTOR
- CONCLUDING NOTE.
- Footnotes