The Iliad of Homer

A single act of pride ignites a war that has already burned for nine years. When Achilles, greatest of the Greek warriors, withdraws from battle in a rage over a stolen prize, the balance of the Trojan War tips catastrophically -- and the price will be paid in the blood of heroes on both sides. Across the plains before Troy's walls, gods scheme, warriors fall, and glory and grief become nearly impossible to tell apart. Homer's Iliad is the original war epic -- a work that has shaped how the world tells stories of combat, honor, and consequence for nearly three millennia. The definitive ancient epic of war, rage, and heroism Achilles, Hector, and the gods who move them like pieces on a board The poem that set the template for every war story since Step onto the plains of Troy -- the fighting is far from over.