Oldest Books in World Literature
The Iliad
Homer
37 mins to start
11 hrs to read

Contents

Pope's Preface
37 mins
Book I - The Contention of Achilles and Agamennon
25 mins
Book II - The Trial of the Army, and Catalogue of the Forces
32 mins
Book III - The Duel of Menelaus and Paris
18 mins
Book IV - The Breach of the Truce, and the First Battle
20 mins
Book V - The Acts of Diomed
35 mins
Book VI - The Episodes of Glaucus and Diomed, and of Hector and Andromache
21 mins
Book VII - The Single Combat of Hector and Ajax
19 mins
Book VIII - The Second Battle, and the Distress of the Greeks
22 mins
Book IX - The Embassy of Achilles
26 mins
Book X - The Night-Adventure of Diomed and Ulysses
21 mins
Book XI - The Third Battle, and the Acts of Agamemnon
31 mins
Book XII - The Battle at the Grecian Wall
17 mins
Book XIII - The Fourth Battle Continued; in Which Neptune Assists the Greeks: the Acts of Idomeneus
33 mins
Book XIV - Juno Deceives Jupiter by the Girdle of Venus
19 mins
Book XV - The Fifth Battle at the Ships; and the Acts of Ajax
29 mins
Book XVI - The Sixth Battle, the Acts and Death of Patroclus
33 mins
Book XVII - The Seventh Battle, for the Body of Patroclus - The Acts of Menelaus
27 mins
Book XVIII - The Grief of Achilles, and New Armour Made Him by Vulcan
22 mins
Book XIX - The Reconciliation of Achilles and Agamemnon
15 mins
Book XX - The Battle of the Gods, and the Acts of Achilles
18 mins
Book XXI - The Battle in the River Scamander
22 mins
Book XXII - The Death of Hector
21 mins
Book XXIII - Funeral Games in Honour of Patroclus
33 mins
Book XXIV - The Redemption of the Body of Hector
32 mins
Concluding Note
2 mins
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Pope's Preface
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