Iliad E-book
Author: Homer
Genre: Epic, Literature, Poetry
Homer (~800 BC) - An Ionian Poet. Historians cannot agree where Homer was
born, whether he was blind, whether he wrote both the "Iliad" and the
"Odyssey", or even if he actually existed. Whatever the case may be, the
influence of the two enduring epics attributed to him is indisputable.
The Iliad (800 BC) - An epic poem consisting of twenty-four books that deal
with the last few days of the Trojan War. Here translated into prose by
Samuel Butler.
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