Homer also came to be of great influence in European culture with the resurgence of interest in Greek antiquity during the Renaissance, and it remains the first and most influential work of the Western canon. In its full form, the text made its return to Italy and Western Europe beginning in the 15th century, primarily through translations into ...

Download: A 789k text-only version is available for download.

2025年3月25日 · Iliad, epic poem in 24 books traditionally attributed to the ancient Greek poet Homer. It takes the Trojan War as its subject, though the Greek warrior Achilles is its primary focus. For a discussion of the poetic techniques used by Homer in the Iliad and his other great epic, the Odyssey, see Homer: Homer as an oral poet.

2009年8月28日 · The Iliad, a major founding work of European literature, is usually dated to around the 8th century BC, and attributed to Homer. It is an epic poem, written in Ancient Greek but assumed to be derived from earlier oral sources, and tells much of the story of the legendary Trojan War between mainland Greece and the city of Troy in Asia Minor.

1999年9月18日 · The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Iliad, by Homer This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.

[1] The wrath sing, goddess, of Peleus' son, Achilles, that destructive wrath which brought countless woes upon the Achaeans, and sent forth to Hades many valiant souls of heroes, and made them themselves spoil for dogs and every bird; thus the plan of Zeus came to fulfillment, [5] from the time when 1 first they parted in strife Atreus' son,...

2004年7月1日 · "The Iliad" by Homer is an epic poem traditionally attributed to the 8th century BC. The narrative centers around the breathtaking events of the Trojan War, focusing particularly on the wrath of Achilles, a Greek hero, as well as themes of honor, glory, and the interplay between mortals and deities.

A short summary of Homer's The Iliad. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of The Iliad.

2017年3月10日 · Homer's Iliad describes the final year of the Trojan War, a legendary conflict between an alliance of Greek cities and the city of Troy in Anatolia. It was probably written in the 8th century BCE after...

2025年4月3日 · The Iliad is an ancient Greek epic cycle poem, traditionally attributed to Homer. English-language translations of Ἰλιάς include: Part of the Tenth Book of the Iliads of Homer. In the Stile of Milton (1739), translated by William Broome. From the Eleventh Book of the Iliads of Homer. In the Stile of Milton (1739), translated by William Broome.