![]() Zeus, keeping his promise to the Trojans, sends a false dream to Agamemnon. Book 2: The Trial of the Army, and Catalogue of the Forces ![]() The Gods nearly come to blows as a result of mortal conflict. The story of Achilles and Agamemnon is told. Book 1: The Contention of Achilles and Agamemnon Introduction by Theodore Buckley Pope's Introduction to the Iliad of HomerĪlexander Pope's introduction to the work. 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. 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. The Iliad is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters, traditionally attributed to Homer. ![]()
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