THE EPIC CYCLE was a series of old epic style poems composed between the C8th and 6th B.C. Only fragments of the ten poems survive, one of which describes the Titan

The Iliad: Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus’ son Achilleus and its devastation, which put pains thousandfold upon the Achaians, hurled in their multitudes to the

The Iliad of Homer, translated by Samuel Butler, [1898], full text etext at sacred-texts.com

Ekphrasis. One particular kind of visual description is also the oldest type of writing about art in the West. Called ekphrasis, it was created by the Greeks.

1. Iliad 6 & 22 Commentary (13.1 mb pdf. rev. April. 2015) This link contains a free pdf copy of Homer’s Iliad 6 and 22: Greek Text with Facing Vocabulary and

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The Iliad (/ ˈ ɪ l i ə d /; Ancient Greek: Ἰλιάς Ilias, pronounced in Classical Attic; sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an

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The Iliad quiz that tests what you know. Perfect prep for The Iliad quizzes and tests you might have in college.

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