The Iliad / translated by Robert Fagles

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The spelling and pronunciation of Homeric names --Maps: Mainland Greece --Peloponnese --Aegean and Asia minor --Troy and vicinity --Homer: Iliad --The rage of Achilles --The great gathering of Armies --Helen reviews the champions --The truce erupts in war --Diomedes fights the gods --Hector returns to Troy --Ajax duels with Hector --The tide of battle turns --The embassy of Achilles --Marauding through the night --Agamemnon's day of glory --The Trojans storm the rampart --Battling for the ships --Hera outflanks Zeus --The Achaean armies the bay --Patroclus fights and dies --Menelaus' finest hour --The shield of Achilles --The champion arms for battle --Olympian gods in arms -Achilles fights the river --The death of Hector --Funeral games for Patroclus --Achilles and Priam --The genealogy of the royal house of Troy.