The Iliad: complete edition

How Agamemnon and Achilles fell out at the siege of Troy; and Achilles withdrew himself from battle, and won from Zeus a pledge that his wrong should be avenged on Agamemnon and the Achaians. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. POPE'S PREFACE TO THE ILIAD OF HOMER BOOK I.-THE CONTENTION OF ACHILLES ANDAGAMEMNON. BOOK II.-THE TRIAL OF THE ARMY, AND CATALOGUE OF THE FORCES. BOOK III.-THE DUEL OF MENELAUS AND PARIS. BOOK IV.-THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE. BOOK V.-THE ACTS OF DIOMED. BOOK VI.-THE EPISODES OF GLAUCUS AND DIOMED, AND OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE. BOOK VII.-THE SINGLE COMBAT OF HECTOR AND AJAX. BOOK VIII.-THE SECOND BATTLE, AND THE DISTRESS OF THE GREEKS. BOOK IX.-THE EMBASSY TO ACHILLES. BOOK X.-THE NIGHT-ADVENTURE OF DIOMED AND ULYSSES. BOOK XI.-THE THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON. BOOK XII.-THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL. BOOK XIII.-THE FOURTH BATTLE CONTINUED, IN WHICH NEPTUNE ASSISTS THE GREEKS: THE ACTS OF IDOMENEUS. BOOK XIV.-JUNO DECEIVES JUPITER BY THE GIRDLE OF VENUS. BOOK XV.-THE FIFTH BATTLE AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX. BOOK XVI.-THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS BOOK XVII.-THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.—THE ACTS OF MENELAUS. BOOK XVIII.-THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEWARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN. BOOK XIX.-THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON. BOOK XX.-THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES. BOOK XXI.-THE BATTLE IN THE RIVER SCAMANDER. BOOK XXII.-THE DEATH OF HECTOR. BOOK XXIII.-FUNERAL GAMES IN HONOUR OF PATROCLUS. BOOK XXIV.-THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OFHECTOR. CONCLUDING NOTE. Footnotes