The Iliad
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HOMER INVOKING THE MUSE MARS MINERVA REPRESSING THE FURY OF ACHILLES THE DEPARTURE OF BRISEIS FROM THE TENT OF ACHILLES THETIS CALLING BRIAREUS TO THE ASSISTANCE OF JUPITER THETIS ENTREATING JUPITER TO HONOUR ACHILLES VULCAN JUPITER THE APOTHEOSIS OF HOMER JUPITER SENDING THE EVIL DREAM TO AGAMEMNON NEPTUNE VENUS, DISGUISED, INVITING HELEN TO THE CHAMBER OF PARIS VENUS PRESENTING HELEN TO PARIS VENUS Map, titled “GRÆ…
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- AuthorHomer
- SourceProject Gutenberg #6130
- Length189,158 words · 12h 37m of reading
- Chapters28
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-21
Contents
28 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01POPE’S PREFACE TO THE ILIAD OF HOMER
- 02ARGUMENT.[40
- 03BOOK II.
- 04THE CATALOGUE OF THE SHIPS.[101
- 05BOOK III.
- 06BOOK IV.
- 07BOOK V.
- 08BOOK VI.
- 09ARGUMENT
- 10BOOK VIII.
- 11BOOK IX.
- 12BOOK X.
- 13ARGUMENT
- 14BOOK XII.
- 15BOOK XIII.
- 16ARGUMENT.[231
- 17BOOK XV.
- 18THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS
- 19BOOK XVII.
- 20BOOK XVIII.
- 21BOOK XIX.
- 22BOOK XX.
- 23THE BATTLE IN THE RIVER SCAMANDER.[269
- 24BOOK XXII.
- 25FUNERAL GAMES IN HONOUR OF PATROCLUS.[280
- 26BOOK XXIV.
- 27A. POPE
- 28Footnotes
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