The Iliad

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Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1991-07-01
Publisher(s): PENGUIN BOOKS
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Summary

Epic masterpiece chronicles last days of Trojan War - quarrel of Achilles and Agamemnon, siege of Troy, death of Hector, Trojan Horse, many other incidents and events. Celebrated Samuel Butler prose translation.

Table of Contents

Translator's Preface ix
INTRODUCTION 3(74)
Introduction 3(62)
The Spelling and Pronunciation of Homeric Names 65(3)
MAPS
68(9)
1. Homeric Geography: Mainland Greece
68(2)
2. Homeric Geography: The Peloponnese
70(2)
3. Homeric Geography: The Aegean and Asia Minor Inset: Troy and Vicinity
72(5)
HOMER: The Iliad
77(540)
BOOK 1: The Rage of Achilles
77(22)
BOOK 2: The Great Gathering of Armies
99(29)
BOOK 3: Helen Reviews the Champions
128(17)
BOOK 4: The Truce Erupts in War
145(19)
BOOK 5: Diomedes Fights the Gods
164(31)
BOOK 6: Hector Returns to Troy
195(19)
BOOK 7: Ajax Duels with Hector
217(17)
BOOK 8: The Tide of Battle Turns
231(20)
BOOK 9: The Embassy to Achilles
251(25)
BOOK 10: Marauding Through the Night
276(20)
BOOK 11: Agamemnon's Day of Glory
296(29)
BOOK 12: The Trojans Storm the Rampart
325(16)
BOOK 13: Battling for the Ships
341(28)
BOOK 14: Hera Outflanks Zeus
369(18)
BOOK 15: The Achaean Armies at Bay
387(25)
BOOK 16: Patroclus Fights and Dies
412(30)
BOOK 17: Menelaus' Finest Hour
442(25)
BOOK 18: The Shield of Achilles
467(21)
BOOK 19: The Champion Arms for Battle
488(15)
BOOK 20: Olympian Gods in Arms
503(17)
BOOK 21: Achilles Fights the River
520(21)
BOOK 22: The Death of Hector
541(18)
BOOK 23: Funeral Games for Patroclus
559(29)
BOOK 24: Achilles and Priam
588(29)
NOTES
The Genealogy of the Royal House of Troy 617(2)
Textual Variants from the Oxford Classical Text 619(2)
Notes on the Translation 621(14)
Suggestions for Further Reading 635(4)
Pronouncing Glossary 639

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