Set toward the end of the Trojan War, a 10-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Mycenaean Greek states, the poem depicts significant events in the war's final weeks.

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

He divides the first twenty-two books of the Iliad into sixteen different songs, and treats as ridiculous the belief that their amalgamation into one regular poem belongs to a period earlier …

Oct 28, 2025 · 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 …

'Iliad" is a word that means "a poem about Ilium" (i.e., Troy). and Homer's great epic poem has been known as "The Iliad" ever since the Greek historian Herodotus so referred to it in the fifth …

The Iliad is one of the oldest and most significant works in Western literature, attributed to the ancient Greek poet Homer. This epic poem delves into the events of the Trojan War, focusing …