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The poem recounts a segment of the long siege of Troy centered on a quarrel between a foremost Greek warrior and his commander over a taken woman, which prompts the warrior to withdraw from battle. The absence shifts the tide, producing heavy losses until the warrior's close companion is killed while wearing his armor; enraged, the hero returns, reconciles with the command, and pursues vengeance that culminates in the killing of the city's chief defender. The narrative interweaves mortal combat, elaborate similes, scenes of divine intervention and counsel, and detailed ritual and funeral episodes, exploring themes of honor, wrath, mortality, and the human cost of war.

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Title: La Ilíada

Author: Homer

Illustrator: Alfred John Church

John Flaxman

Translator: Luis Segalá y Estalella

Release date: August 7, 2018 [eBook #57654]

Language: Spanish

Credits: Produced by Carlos Colon, Ramon Pajares Box, University
of California and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
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LA ILÍADA



HOMERO


LA ILÍADA

VERSIÓN DIRECTA Y LITERAL DEL GRIEGO

POR

LUIS SEGALÁ Y ESTALELLA

DOCTOR EN FILOSOFÍA Y LETRAS Y EN DERECHO, CATEDRÁTICO NUMERARIO
DE LENGUA Y LITERATURA GRIEGAS EN LA UNIVERSIDAD DE BARCELONA, É INDIVIDUO
CORRESPONDIENTE DE LA REAL ACADEMIA DE BUENAS LETRAS DE LA MISMA CAPITAL


ilustraciones de FLAXMAN y del profesor A. J. CHURCH

BARCELONA


MONTANER Y SIMÓN, EDITORES

CALLE DE ARAGÓN, NÚM. 255

1908