description: This is the first volume (Books 1-12) of the Greek epic poem The Iliad, composed, according to most scholars, around the 8th century BC and traditionally attributed to Homer. The story covers 52 days during the final year (the tenth) of the Trojan War (ca. 12th century BC).The introduction, critical apparatus and index are written in Latin by David B, Monro and Thomas W. Allen, editors of the Greek text of the poem.
language: Latin
title: The Iliad
titlecomplete: The Iliad
characters: Odysseus, Ajax Oileus, Priam, Ajax, Helen of Troy, Hecuba, Patroclus, Sarpedon (King of Lycia), Akhilleus, Agamemnon, Paris, Andromache, Diomedes, Nestor, Briseis, Achilles, Menelaus, Hector of Troy, Cassandra, Aeneas
genres: Fiction, Greek Mythology, War, Historical Fiction, Poetry, School, Literature, Classics, Mythology, Fantasy
ratings_count: 435102
places: Troy
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció
publisher: Clarendon Press