The Iliad (Wisehouse Classics Edition)

The Iliad (sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (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.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 l...See More