The Iliad

A quarrel, a long war and a fight to the death. Read all 24 books in English, each with a short summary.

The Iliad is the great Greek poem of the Trojan War, traditionally attributed to the poet Homer. It covers a few weeks in the tenth year of the siege of Troy, from the quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles to the funeral of the Trojan prince Hector. This is a prose translation, in 24 books.

A tip: Butler uses the Latin names. Jove is Zeus, Juno is Hera, Minerva is Athena and Neptune is Poseidon.

Start with Book 1