A vigorous retelling of Homer's Iliad, relating the incidents of the great siege of Troy, from the quarrel of the chiefs to the ransoming of Hector's body.
Table of Contents:
- Of How the War with Troy Began
- The Quarrel
- What Thetis Did for Her Son
- The Duel of Paris and Menelaus
- How the Oath was Broken
- The Great Deeds of Diomed
- Concerning Other Valiant Deeds
- Of Glaucus and Diomed
- Hector and Andromache
- How Hector and Ajax Fought
- The Battle on the Plain
- The Repentance of Agamemnon
- The Embassy to Achilles
- The Story of Old Phoenix
- The Adventure of Diomed and Ulysses
- The Wounding of the Chiefs
- The Battle at the Wall
- The Battle at the Ships
- The Deeds and Death of Patroclus
- The Rousing of Achilles
- The Making of the Arms
- The Quarrel Ended
- The Battle at the River
- The Slaying of Hector
- The Ransoming of Hector
- The End of Troy
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