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The Apotheosis of Homer, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres [19th cent.] (Public Domain Image)

The Iliad of Homer

tr. by Samuel Butler

[1898]


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This is Samuel Butler's translation of the core story of the Trojan War. The tale of the fateful war between the Achaeans and the city of Troy is one of the masterpieces of world literature.


Title Page
Book I
Book II
Book III
Book IV
Book V
Book VI
Book VII
Book VIII
Book IX
Book X
Book XI
Book XII
Book XIII
Book XIV
Book XV
Book XVI
Book XVII
Book XVIII
Book XIX
Book XX
Book XXI
Book XXII
Book XXIII
Book XXIV