![]() ![]() It developed over time to become one of the great epics of our society, one that many people all over the world have come to like, sympathizing for each of the characters. This is where the tale of the Iliad began. Iliad is a glorification of war and the bravery of Achilles, demi-god and great military warrior.Ī war started over a single fruit. Narrated by one informed by the Muses, it includes other such important Achaean and Trojan figures as Zeus, Patroclus, Diomed, Ajax, Menelaus, Hector, Hecuba, Helen, Paris, and Aeneas. ![]() It tells of Achilles, leader of the Achaeans and his great wrath towards King Agamemnon, leader of the Greeks. ![]() Iliad, ( Song of Ilion Song of Ilium) this epic Homeric poem tells the story of the Trojan War and the battle of Troy (Ilium), one of the most important and well-known events in Greek mythology when the gods still visited mortals. This particular version of the Iliad, the story of the siege of Troy, is a translation by Samuel Butler, first published in 1898. ![]()
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