The Iliad

INTRODUCTION
A NOTE ON THE TRANSLATION
PREFACE
Book I: How Achilles and Agamemnon quarrelled
　over Brises, and how Thetis persuaded Zeus
　to support her son
Book II: How a Dream came with a message from
　Zeus, and how the Achaians debated in their
　camp. The names and numbers of the two
　hosts
BOOK III: How Menelaos and Alexandros fought
　a duel together, and what came of it
Book IV: The first battle between Trojans and
　Achaians
Book V: How Diomedes did great deeds of valour,
　and wounded Aphrodit and Ars himself
BOOK VI: How Paris was brought back into battle,
　and how Hector parted from Andromach
Book VII: How Aias and Hector fought in single
　combat, and how the Trojans sent a herald to
　propose peace
BOOK VIII: The battle wavers to and fro
Book IX: How Agamemnon repented of his vio-
　lence and sent envoys to Achill6s
Book X: How Diomedes and Odysseus went on a
　night raid and how they fared

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