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The Iliad

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The epic recounts a violent episode during a prolonged siege in which a quarrel between the foremost warrior and the Greek commander over war prizes provokes a deadly plague, a break in the Greek ranks, and the warrior's refusal to fight. A divine petition shifts the gods' favor and turns the tide, producing fierce battles, individual duels, and grievous losses on both sides. The narrative alternates action, eloquent speeches, extended similes, and intimate laments, culminating in poignant funerary rites and reflections on anger, honor, fate, mortality, and the complex interplay of human choice and divine will.

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Title: The Iliad

Author: Homer

Translator: Earl of Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley Derby

Release date: July 1, 2004 [eBook #6150]
Most recently updated: March 27, 2024

Language: English

Credits: Charles Franks, Anne Soulard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

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The Iliad

by Homer

Rendered into English Blank verse by
Edward, Earl of Derby


Contents

PREFACE.
BOOK I.
BOOK II.
BOOK III.
BOOK IV.
BOOK V.
BOOK VI.
BOOK VII.
BOOK VIII.
BOOK IX.
BOOK X.
BOOK XI.
BOOK XII.
BOOK XIII.
BOOK XIV.
BOOK XV.
BOOK XVI.
BOOK XVII.
BOOK XVIII.
BOOK XIX.
BOOK XX.
BOOK XXI.
BOOK XXII.
BOOK XXIII.
BOOK XXIV.