The Iliad

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INTRODUCTION.
POPE’S PREFACE TO THE ILIAD OF HOMER
BOOK I. THE CONTENTION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON.
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 NEW ARMOUR 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.269
BOOK XXII. THE DEATH OF HECTOR.
BOOK XXIII. FUNERAL GAMES IN HONOUR OF PATROCLUS.280
BOOK XXIV. THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR.
CONCLUDING NOTE.
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