![]() ![]() Hector and Paris prepare to re-enter the field of battle. ![]() The Achaeans once again have the upper hand. Book 6: The Episodes of Glaucus and Diomed, and of Hector and Andromache Diomedes breaks his agreement with a goddess. Book 5: The Acts of DiomedĪthena's gift to Diomedes has dire consequences for Pandarus. The gods continue to argue amongst themselves while interfering with the lives of mortals. Book 4: The Breach of the Truce, and the First Battle Paris and Menelaus face each other in battle, but outside forces intervene on the outcome. The Trojans and Achaeans come to an agreement in an attempt to establish peace. ![]() ![]() Zeus, keeping his promise to the Trojans, sends a false dream to Agamemnon. Book 2: The Trial of the Army, and Catalogue of the Forces The Gods nearly come to blows as a result of mortal conflict. The story of Achilles and Agamemnon is told. Book 1: The Contention of Achilles and Agamemnon Introduction by Theodore Buckley Pope's Introduction to the Iliad of HomerĪlexander Pope's introduction to the work. Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war, the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends about the siege. Set in the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of Ilium by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. The Iliad is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters, traditionally attributed to Homer. ![]()
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