The Iliad of Homer
By: translated into English blank verse by William Cullen Bryant ; with illustrations by John Flaxman.
Contributors: Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878.; Flaxman, John, 1755-1826, ill.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1898
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: Achilles (Greek mythology) -- Poetry; Trojan War -- Poetry
Genres: Poetry.
Description: Epic poem in twenty-four books telling the story of the wrath of Achilles and its disastrous consequences in the Trojan War, which has been waged against Troy in order to recover Helen, wife of Menelaus, who has been abducted by Paris, son of Priam, king of Troy.