The Iliad

By Homer

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Simon And Schuster, August 2006

Fiction, Classics

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Contents

ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP The story of the Trojan War, an epic tale of men and gods, of the heroes and horrors of war. THIS ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: A concise introduction that gives readers important background information A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations Detailed explanatory notes Critical analysis and modern perspectives on the work Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential. SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON

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Introduction
Book IThe Quarrel Between Agamemnon And Achilles—Achilles Withdraws From The War And Sends His Mother, Thetis, To Ask Jove To Help The Trojans—Scene Between Jove And Juno On Olympus.
Book IIJove Sends A Lying Dream To Agamemnon, Who Thereon Calls The Chiefs In Assembly, And Proposes To Sound The Mind Of His Army—In The End They March To Fight—Catalogue Of The Achaean And Trojan Forces.
Book IIIAlexandrus, Also Called Paris, Challenges Menelaus—Helen And Priam View The Achaeans From The Wall—The Covenant—Paris And Menelaus Fight, And Paris Is Worsted—Venus Carries Him Off To Save Him—Scene Between Him And Helen.
Book Iva Quarrel In Olympus—Minerva Goes Down And Persuades Fandarus To Violate The Oaths By Wounding Menelaus With An Arrow—Agamemnon Makes A Speech And Sends For Machaon—He Then Goes About Among His Captains And Upbraids Ulysses And Sthenelus, Each
Book VThe Exploits Of Diomed, Who, Though Wounded By Pandarus, Continues Fighting—He Kills Pandarus And Wounds Aeneas—Venus Rescues Aeneas, But Being Wounded By Diomed, Commits Him To The Care Of Apollo And Goes To Olympus, Where She Is Tended By Her
Book VIGlaucus And Diomed—The Story Of Bellerophon—Hector And Andromache.
Book VIIHector And Ajax Fight—Hector Is Getting Worsted When Night Comes On And Parts Them—They Exchange Presents—The Burial Of The Dead, And The Building Of A Wall Round Their Ships By The Achaeans—The Achaeans Buy Their Wine Of Agamemnon And Menela
Book VIIIJove Forbids The Gods To Interfere Further—There Is An Even Fight Till Midday, But Then Jove Inclines The Scales Of Victory In Favour Of The Trojans, Who Eventually Chase The Achaeans Within Their Wall—Juno And Minerva Set Out To Help The Tr
Book IXThe Embassy To Achilles.
Book XUlysses And Diomed Go Out As Spies And Meet Dolon, Who Gives Them Information—They Then Kill Him And, Profiting By What He Had Told Them, Kill Rhesus, King Of The Thracians, And Take His Horses.
Book XIIn The Forenoon The Fight Is Equal, But Agamemnon Turns The Fortune Of The Day Towards The Achaeans Until He Gets Wounded And Leaves The Field—Hector Then Drives Everything Before Him Till He Is Wounded By Diomed—Paris Wounds Diomed—Ulysses, N
Book XIIThe Trojans And Their Allies Break The Wall, Led On By Hector.
Book XIIINeptune Helps The Achaeans—The Feats Of Idomeneus—Hector At The Ships.
Book XIVAgamemnon Proposes That The Achaeans Should Sail Home And Is Rebuked By Ulysses—Juno Beguiles Jupiter—Hector Is Wounded.
Book XVJove Awakes, Tells Apollo To Heal Hector, And The Trojans Again Become Victorious.
Book XVIFire Being Now Thrown On The Ship Of Protesilaus, Patroclus Fights In The Armour Of Achilles—He Drives The Trojans Back But Is Killed In The End By Euphorbus And Hector.
Book XVIIThe Fight Around The Body Of Patroclus.
Book XVIIIThe Grief Of Achilles Over Patroclus—The Visit Of Thetis To Vulcan And The Armour That He Made For Achilles.
Book XIXAchilles Is Reconciled With Agamemnon, Puts On The Armour Which Vulcan Had Made Him, And Goes Out To Fight.
Book XXThe Gods Hold A Council And Determine To Watch The Fight From The Hill Callicolone And The Barrow Of Hercules—A Fight Between Achilles And Aeneas Is Interrupted By Neptune, Who Saves Aeneas—Achilles Kills Many Trojans.
Book XXIThe Fight Between Achilles And The River Scamander—The Gods Fight Among Themselves—Achilles Drives The Trojans Within Their Gates.
Book XXIIThe Death Of Hector.