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Epic Poetry & Classical Antiquity C1

The Iliad

Read the complete The Iliad learning edition with ordered chapters, clear narration, and vocabulary in context.

Homer · translated by Alexander Pope24 chapters

The complete twenty-four-book Iliad in Alexander Pope's public-domain English translation, presented in 1,027 five-unit readings with an original contextual illustration for every reading.

24 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 24 chapters

Course Syllabus

This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.

The Iliad

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  1. Chapter I Book 1: THE CONTENTION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Book 2: THE TRIAL OF THE ARMY, AND CATALOGUE OF THE FORCES 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Book 3: THE DUEL OF MENELAUS AND PARIS 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Book 4: THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Book 5: THE ACTS OF DIOMED 61 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Book 6: THE EPISODES OF GLAUCUS AND DIOMED, AND OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Book 7: THE SINGLE COMBAT OF HECTOR AND AJAX 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Book 8: THE SECOND BATTLE, AND THE DISTRESS OF THE GREEKS 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Book 9: THE EMBASSY TO ACHILLES 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Book 10: THE NIGHT-ADVENTURE OF DIOMED AND ULYSSES 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Book 11: THE THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Book 12: THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Book 13: THE FOURTH BATTLE CONTINUED, IN WHICH NEPTUNE ASSISTS THE GREEKS: THE ACTS OF IDOMENEUS 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Book 14: JUNO DECEIVES JUPITER BY THE GIRDLE OF VENUS 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Book 15: THE FIFTH BATTLE AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Book 16: THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Book 17: THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.—THE ACTS OF MENELAUS 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Book 18: THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Book 19: THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Book 20: THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Book 21: THE BATTLE IN THE RIVER SCAMANDER.[269] 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Book 22: THE DEATH OF HECTOR 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Book 23: FUNERAL GAMES IN HONOUR OF PATROCLUS.[280] 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Book 24: THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR 57 readings five lines each Open chapter