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The IliadThe Iliad
In the last weeks of the Trojan War, the rage of the warrior Achilles brings catastrophe down on the Greeks. The founding epic of Western literature, on glory, wrath, and mortality.
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The oldest story of war in the West, and still the most unflinching, terrifying, pitying, and grand. Read it for the moments of mercy that pierce the carnage.
Folklore in this book
The Grove · Greek folkloreThe gods of Olympus, the monsters of the wine-dark sea, and the heroes who crossed them: the myth-world of Homer and Ovid, cut in marble by the ancients and painted anew by the Pre-Raphaelites.Zeus · Athena · Poseidon · Circe and 31 moreEnter the realm →SettingTroy, the Bronze Age
A heroic world where a warrior’s honour outweighed his life, the gods chose sides on the battlefield, and a single duel could decide the fate of nations camped before the walls of Troy.
On screen & beyond
- Loosely adapted in the film Troy (2004)