The Iliad by Homer

The Iliad is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set in the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of Ilium by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war, the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends about the siege. Along with the Odyssey, also attributed to Homer, the Iliad is among the oldest extant works of Western literature, and its written version is usually dated to around the eighth century BC. The Iliad contains approximately 15,700 lines, and is written in a literary amalgam of several Greek dialects. The authorship of the poem is disputed.

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	The Iliad	Mass Market Paperback	11762426		$6.75
	The Iliad	Hardcover	1679601	$205.66	$37.92
	THE ILIAD (Penguin Classics)	Paperback	3771747		$0.95
	The Iliad (Signet Classics)	Hardcover	8582264		$500.00
	The Iliad	Paperback	1647149	$31.68	$16.20	2011
	The Iliad of Homer.	Hardcover	1682400	$70.00	$15.97
	The Iliad	Kindle Edition	413239			2006
	The Iliad	Hardcover	1293321	$127.75	$41.88	2007
	The Iliad	Hardcover	1972110	$41.19	$20.00	2003
	Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Oedipus, Jason and the Argonauts and 50+ Legendary Books: ULTIMATE GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY COLLECTION	Kindle Edition	10566	$2.99		2010
	The Iliad (Penguin Classics)	Kindle Edition	23026	$10.99		1991
	The Iliad (Penguin Classics)	Paperback	55921	$5.82	$0.01	1991
	The Iliad	Audio CD	289378	$24.63	$15.00	2006
	The Iliad of Homer	Paperback	344099	$4.29	$0.01	1961
	The Iliad of Homer	Hardcover	358021	$34.29	$34.54	2011
	The Iliad: The Fitzgerald Translation	Kindle Edition	75880	$8.89		2004
	The Iliad (Oxford World's Classics)	Paperback	1237333	$7.92	$7.14	2008
	The Iliad (Penguin Classics)	Kindle Edition	380800	$10.18		2003
	The Iliad (Signet Classics)	Mass Market Paperback	1112749	$3.00	$0.01	1999
	The Iliad: (The Stephen Mitchell Translation)	Hardcover	182527	$6.00	$2.78	2011
	The Iliad	Audio CD	1387025	$18.66	$23.86	2011
	Iliad	Audio CD	897752	$37.80	$30.17	2006
	The Iliad and The Odyssey	Kindle Edition	216982			2008
	The Iliad & Odyssey of Homer (The Oxford Children's Classics) by Homer (1986-12-06)	Hardcover	1900155	$215.65	$22.30
	The Iliad and the Odyssey	Paperback	2224161	$13.99	$3.23	2007
	Iliad of Homer	Paperback	456568	$9.75	$0.01	1958
	The Iliad - a New Translation By E. V. Rieu	Paperback	4897968		$8.00
	The Iliad (Illustrated Edition)	Paperback	1870957	$30.90	$44.25	2012
	The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer	Paperback	118408	$14.80	$32.24	2012
	The Iliad	Paperback	22230	$2.19	$0.01	1997
	The Iliad	Hardcover	1169990	$23.53	$29.90	2007
	The Iliad	Audio CD	1811975	$12.99	$12.87	1995
	The Iliad (Penguin Classics)	Mass Market Paperback	1991526	$5.56	$0.01	1950
	The Iliad	Paperback	5748003	$9.45	$26.87	2010
	The Iliad	Audio CD	556223	$21.34	$9.71
	The Iliad	Paperback	1334354	$2.65	$0.01	1975
	The Iliad	Mass Market Paperback	13731604		$5.00
	The Iliad	Hardcover	1453664	$9.55	$6.19	2011
	The Iliad	Paperback	532596	$6.75	$7.75	2012
	The Iliad	Paperback	366979	$6.97	$0.01	1988
	THE ILIAD OF HOMER (non illustrated)	Kindle Edition	480152	$0.99		2010
	Iliad: By Homer : Illustrated	Paperback	372298	$8.29		2016
	The Iliad: By Homer (Illustrated + Unabridged + Active Contents)	Kindle Edition	149414			2015
	Homer: Iliad Book 22 (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)	Paperback	388414	$37.67	$23.91	2012
	Iliad: Book One (Bk.1)	Paperback	712842	$55.86	$22.50	2001
	Chapman's Homer: The Iliad	Paperback	1005923	$23.91	$3.61	1998
	Homer: Iliad Book III (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)	Paperback	1178860	$29.99	$36.69	2019
	The Iliad of Homer	Hardcover	882917		$0.01
	The Iliad	Paperback	714818	$6.68	$6.68	2016
	The Iliad (Classics Ser.)	Paperback	5769309		$5.00
	The Iliad: Annotated	Paperback	1206771	$36.01		2021
	The Iliad: Annotated	Paperback	2001427	$36.55		2021
	The Iliad (Classics Illustrated)	Paperback	916525	$9.95		2018
	The Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander	Kindle Edition	694949			2015
	The Iliad & the Odyssey	Hardcover	1770117	$26.00	$9.43
	The Iliad / The Odyssey	Paperback	58397	$15.63	$12.98	1999
	The Iliad	Paperback	120310	$12.99		2021
	The Iliad and The Odyssey Translated by Samuel Butler	Kindle Edition	141713	$1.00		2009
	Iliad & Odyssey	Audio CD	461779	$18.87	$19.00	2008
	The Iliad (Translated)	Kindle Edition	205244	$3.99		2010
	The Iliad: The Fitzgerald Translation	Hardcover	5949125		$9.76	2004
	The Iliad (Penguin Classics)	Paperback	144284	$128.08	$94.50	1996
	The Iliad Of Homer & other Bonus works: The Odyssey, Paradise Lost, The Golden Ass, The Aeneid, Helen Of Troy, The Trial	Kindle Edition	23340			2015
	The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer	Kindle Edition	217551	$0.99		2012
	The Iliad	Paperback	672661	$14.50	$9.00	2006
	The Iliad	Audio CD	838304	$39.38	$28.96	2006
	The Iliad	Kindle Edition	650053	$13.19		2013
	Iliad (Greek Edition)	Paperback	905644	$45.00	$35.56	2009
	The Iliad	Kindle Edition	421901	$12.49		2013
	The Iliad	Paperback	511072	$19.99		2016
	The Iliad: The Fitzgerald Translation	Audio CD	54604	$19.34	$19.94	2014
	The Best of Homer’s Iliad	Paperback	2374805	$14.95	$15.62	2021
	The Iliad	Hardcover	6243439		$80.00
	The Iliad and The Odyssey	Paperback	419449	$14.99	$14.93	2020
	The Iliad(Annotated)	Paperback	1201988	$12.99		2021
	The Iliad	Hardcover	1292664	$18.99		2021
	Homer: Iliad Book III (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)	Hardcover	5149288	$77.53	$105.35	2019
	Homer the Iliad	Paperback	6014248		$4.95
	Iliad	Audio CD	1192728	$22.19		2016
	The Iliad of Homer: Student and Teacher Edition	Paperback	846644	$11.49		2016
	The Iliad: A New Translation by Peter Green	Paperback	699946	$10.82	$10.82	2016
	Iliad: Color Illustrated, Formatted for E-Readers (Unabridged Version)	Kindle Edition	12797			2015
	The Iliad: A New Translation by Peter Green	Hardcover	156436	$21.49		2015
	The Iliad & The Odyssey	Paperback	23826	$10.99	$9.89	2020
	Iliad	Kindle Edition	127786			2011
	The Iliad (Dover Thrift Editions)	Paperback	292482	$0.48	$0.01	1999
	The Iliad	Hardcover	1583179	$1.49	$0.01
	The Iliad: Homer's Greek Epic with Selected Writings	Hardcover	2775103	$26.99		2021
	The Illiad	Paperback	251865	$11.99		2017
	Illiad of Homer (Annotated;Translated by Alexander Pope)	Kindle Edition	318151			2017
	Iliad	Audible Audio Edition	40560	$20.20		2016
	The Iliad	Kindle Edition	658592			2015
	The Iliad of Homer, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)	Paperback	7381026	$17.73	$19.52	2017
	The Iliad & the Odyssey	Paperback	172179	$13.98		2020
	The Iliad	Kindle Edition	988755			2015
	The Essential Iliad	Hardcover	2698064	$26.33	$52.85
	The Iliad & The Odyssey	Kindle Edition	83252	$0.99		2022
	The Iliad & The Odyssey	Paperback	161057	$27.99		2021
	The Iliad: (OWC Hardback) (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection)	Kindle Edition	677327			2011
	The Iliad	Hardcover	859432	$13.95	$8.61	2013
	The Iliad (Vintage Classics)	Paperback	801821	$11.91	$11.37	2017
	The Iliad	Paperback	1228090	$15.75	$4.10	2014
	The Iliad & The Odyssey;Homer's Greek Epics with Selected Writings	Paperback	1787294	$35.99	$41.50	2021
	The Iliad	Paperback	858622	$7.61	$9.34	2016
	The Iliad	Kindle Edition	981116			2016
	Iliad: Book 22	Paperback	492534	$5.38		2017
	The Iliad	Kindle Edition	50383			2015
	Iliad of Homer: An ancient Greek epic poem	Paperback	228823	$12.99		2016
	The Iliad (Classics Illustrated Study Guides Series)	Paperback	2178201	$52.21	$1.99	1997
	Iliad	Hardcover	6217431		$2.99
	The Iliad: Volume I, Books 1-12 (Loeb Classical Library No. 170) by Homer Rev Sub Edition [Hardcover(1924)]	Paperback	951866	$28.91	$23.53
	Homer: The Iliad, Vol. 2, Books 13-24 (Loeb Classical Library)	Hardcover	3584310	$78.04	$7.95
	Homer Box Set: Iliad & Odyssey	Audible Audio Edition	958	$10.95		2012
	The Iliad and the Odyssey (Classics of World Literature)	Kindle Edition	534644			2012
	The Iliad and the Odyssey	Hardcover	2565259	$19.99	$9.60	2007
	Iliad, Odyssey, and Aeneid box set: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions)	Paperback	94990	$30.25	$28.99	2009
	The Iliad (Translated into verse by Alexander Pope with an Introduction and notes by Theodore Alois Buckley)	Kindle Edition	776872			2016
	The Iliad of Homer	Hardcover	1253828	$30.95	$37.78	2015
	The Iliad of Homer	Paperback	670241	$11.69		2012
	Iliad [abridged]	Kindle Edition	620665			2010
	The Iliad	Audio CD	2978758	$7.46	$18.00	2015
	The Essential Iliad	Kindle Edition	238055			2000
	Chapman's Homer: The Iliad and The Odyssey (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)	Paperback	211551	$3.50	$1.55	2000
	The Iliad (Mentor Series)	Mass Market Paperback	2694562	$6.57	$0.01	1950
	The Iliad: (OWC Hardback) (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection)	Hardcover	1105386	$14.14	$17.24	2017
	The Iliad & the Odyssey	Bonded Leather	204262	$32.99	$12.99	2010
	The Iliad and the Odyssey (Anotado)	Kindle Edition	306133	$9.99		2013
	The Iliad	Kindle Edition	46553			2016
	The Iliad & The Odyssey	Paperback	153004	$9.98	$7.49	2015
	The Iliad & The Odyssey	Kindle Edition	494838			2015
	The Iliad SparkNotes Literature Guide (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series)	Paperback	133102	$2.98	$1.32	2014
	The Iliad: Filibooks Classics (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	59783			2016
	The Iliad, Vol. 1	Hardcover	3827164	$182.10	$7.78
	The Odyssey of Homer (Bantam Classics)	Paperback	39874	$2.63	$0.01
	The Odyssey of Homer (Bantam Classics)	Kindle Edition	65741	$1.99		2005
	The Iliad and The Odyssey	Hardcover	200519	$22.99		2020
	The Iliad	Paperback	684496	$25.95	$17.97	2009
	Iliad: By Homer - Illustrated	Kindle Edition	108632			2017
	The Iliad	Mass Market Paperback	257547	$3.99	$2.80
	The Odyssey (Annotated) (Iliad)	Paperback	5131336	$11.60		2020
	The Iliad (Translated into verse by Alexander Pope with an Introduction and notes by Theodore Alois Buckley)	Paperback	737543	$17.99	$18.20	2016
	The Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander	Audible Audiobook	560	$36.99		2016
	Homer: The Iliad: Volume I, Books 1-12 (Loeb Classical Library No. 170)	Hardcover	307663	$19.85	$17.52	1924
	The Iliad: The Verse Translation by Alexander Pope (Illustrated)	Paperback	618510	$17.77	$4.49	2012
	Iliad: Illustrated Platinum Edition (Classic Bestselling Fiction Books)	Kindle Edition	70293			2015
	Iliad (Hackett Classics)	Paperback	40243	$10.00	$2.00	1997
	HOMER: The Iliad & The Odyssey (Deluxe Edition)	Hardcover	27468	$16.33	$21.48	2018
	Iliad and Odyssey	Leather Bound	30832	$15.02	$11.40	2011
	Iliad And Odyssey: By Homer - Illustrated	Paperback	12201314	$14.49		2017
	The Iliad (100 Copy Collector's Edition)	Hardcover	1329442	$59.95	$79.22	2019
	The Iliad	Paperback	4802086	$12.99		2021
	The Iliad & The Odyssey (Barnes & Noble Collectible Classics: Omnibus Edition) (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection)	Hardcover	147770	$26.95	$24.51	2019
	Homer - The Iliad & The Odyssey	Paperback	148891	$9.98	$5.98	2016
	The Iliad & The Odyssey (AtoZ Classics)	Kindle Edition	434717			2018
	The Iliad: The Fitzgerald Translation	Audible Audio Edition	4966	$19.95		2014
	The Iliad And Odyssey	Paperback	604451	$18.32	$18.26	2017
	The Iliad And The Odyssey (With Active Table of Contents)	Kindle Edition	689354			2011
	Iliad and Odyssey	Hardcover	4814477	$138.73	$3.68	1993
	The Iliad (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)	Paperback	3530	$7.89	$2.44	1998
	The Iliad	Hardcover	140824	$69.80	$5.96	1990
	The Iliad of Homer	Paperback	6470	$7.74	$4.87	2011
	The Iliad of Homer	Kindle Edition	79896	$9.75		2011
	The Iliad	Hardcover	336303	$13.06	$3.91	1992
	The Iliad	Paperback	41350	$5.30	$0.15	2003
	The Iliad	Mass Market Paperback	297042	$3.02	$0.01	2007
	The Iliad	Paperback	526148	$6.99	$3.73	2012
	Iliad (Translated & Annotated)	Kindle Edition	127486	$10.46		1997
	The Odyssey	Audible Audiobook	2	$38.99		2018
	The Iliad Abridged	Perfect Paperback	657391	$11.51	$11.74	2008
	The Iliad and the Odyssey Boxed Set	Hardcover	41872	$26.24	$42.43	2019
	The Essential Iliad	Paperback	72902	$8.50	$0.02	2000
	The Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander	Hardcover	521143	$26.47		2015
	Homer: Iliad I-XII (Greek Texts) (Bks.1-12)	Paperback	610484	$35.95	$21.10	1998
	Homer: Iliad Book XVIII (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)	Paperback	1243254	$30.99	$36.46	2019
	The Iliad	Paperback	1393084	$14.99		2020
	The Iliad	Paperback	141992	$15.99		2020
	Iliad (Hackett Classics)	Hardcover	1097907	$42.38	$24.01	1997
	The Iliad (Clothbound Classics)	Hardcover	24365	$17.48		2014
	Classic Starts™: The Iliad (Classic Starts™ Series)	Hardcover	75162	$4.66	$4.68	2014
	The Iliad (Mentor Series)	Mass Market Paperback	2446537	$2.99	$0.01	1950
	The Iliad	Hardcover	850700	$21.74		2015
	The Iliad	Paperback	340294	$2.00	$0.01	2006
	The Odyssey	Hardcover	552476	$18.09	$15.87	1997
	Iliad	Paperback	2877316	$2.99	$0.01	2006
	Iliad: By Homer & Illustrated (An Audiobook Free!)	Paperback	5103294	$8.39		2016
	The Iliad (Signet Classics)	Mass Market Paperback	118597	$2.79	$1.52	2015
	Iliad and the Odyssey (Fall River Classics)	Hardcover	158778	$9.00	$4.00	2014
	The Iliad: Volume II, Books 13-24 (Loeb Classical Library No. 171)	Hardcover	10965523	$132.54	$121.75
	Homer: The Iliad: Volume II, Books 13-24 (Loeb Classical Library No. 171)	Hardcover	193309	$23.07	$18.50	1925
	The Iliad	Paperback	221254	$11.49	$2.15	2004
	Iliad and Odyssey	Hardcover	16005206		$11.50