How Agamemnon and Achilles fell out at the siege of Troy; and Achilles withdrew himself from battle, and won from Zeus a pledge that his wrong should be avenged on Agamemnon and the Achaians.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.
POPE’S PREFACE TO THE ILIAD OF HOMER
BOOK I.-THE CONTENTION OF ACHILLES ANDAGAMEMNON.
BOOK II.-THE TRIAL OF THE ARMY, AND CATALOGUE OF THE FORCES.
BOOK III.-THE DUEL OF MENELAUS AND PARIS.
BOOK IV.-THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE.
BOOK V.-THE ACTS OF DIOMED.
BOOK VI.-THE EPISODES OF GLAUCUS AND DIOMED, AND OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE.
BOOK VII.-THE SINGLE COMBAT OF HECTOR AND AJAX.
BOOK VIII.-THE SECOND BATTLE, AND THE DISTRESS OF THE GREEKS.
BOOK IX.-THE EMBASSY TO ACHILLES.
BOOK X.-THE NIGHT-ADVENTURE OF DIOMED AND ULYSSES.
BOOK XI.-THE THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON.
BOOK XII.-THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL.
BOOK XIII.-THE FOURTH BATTLE CONTINUED, IN WHICH NEPTUNE ASSISTS THE GREEKS: THE ACTS OF IDOMENEUS.
BOOK XIV.-JUNO DECEIVES JUPITER BY THE GIRDLE OF VENUS.
BOOK XV.-THE FIFTH BATTLE AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX.
BOOK XVI.-THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS
BOOK XVII.-THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.—THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.
BOOK XVIII.-THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEWARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN.
BOOK XIX.-THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON.
BOOK XX.-THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES.
BOOK XXI.-THE BATTLE IN THE RIVER SCAMANDER.
BOOK XXII.-THE DEATH OF HECTOR.
BOOK XXIII.-FUNERAL GAMES IN HONOUR OF PATROCLUS.
BOOK XXIV.-THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OFHECTOR.
CONCLUDING NOTE.
Footnotes
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