num_pages: 516
description: The Iliad, by Homer, is part of the 
  Barnes &amp; Noble Classics
   
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language: English
title: The Iliad
titlecomplete: The Iliad
characters: Patroclus, Paris, Cassandra, Ajax Oileus, Nestor, Helen of Troy, Ajax, Briseis, Hector of Troy, Odysseus, Hecuba, Akhilleus, Menelaus, Achilles, Andromache, Agamemnon, Diomedes, Priam, Sarpedon (King of Lycia), Aeneas
genres: Fiction, Classics, Greek Mythology, Fantasy, War, Historical Fiction, Mythology, Literature, Poetry, School
ratings_count: 434999
places: Troy
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció
publisher: Barnes and Noble Classics