How Agamemnon and Achilles fell out at the siege of Troy; and Achilles withdrew himself from battle, and won from Zeus a pledge that his wrong should be avenged on Agamemnon and the Achaians.<br /><br />CONTENTS<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />INTRODUCTION.<br /><br />POPE&#39;S PREFACE TO THE ILIAD OF HOMER<br /><br />BOOK I.-THE CONTENTION OF ACHILLES ANDAGAMEMNON.<br /><br />BOOK II.-THE TRIAL OF THE ARMY, AND CATALOGUE OF THE FORCES.<br /><br />BOOK III.-THE DUEL OF MENELAUS AND PARIS.<br /><br />BOOK IV.-THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE.<br /><br />BOOK V.-THE ACTS OF DIOMED.<br /><br />BOOK VI.-THE EPISODES OF GLAUCUS AND DIOMED, AND OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE.<br /><br />BOOK VII.-THE SINGLE COMBAT OF HECTOR AND AJAX.<br /><br />BOOK VIII.-THE SECOND BATTLE, AND THE DISTRESS OF THE GREEKS.<br /><br />BOOK IX.-THE EMBASSY TO ACHILLES.<br /><br />BOOK X.-THE NIGHT-ADVENTURE OF DIOMED AND ULYSSES.<br /><br />BOOK XI.-THE THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON.<br /><br />BOOK XII.-THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL.<br /><br />BOOK XIII.-THE FOURTH BATTLE CONTINUED, IN WHICH NEPTUNE ASSISTS THE GREEKS: THE ACTS OF IDOMENEUS.<br /><br />BOOK XIV.-JUNO DECEIVES JUPITER BY THE GIRDLE OF VENUS.<br /><br />BOOK XV.-THE FIFTH BATTLE AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX.<br /><br />BOOK XVI.-THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS<br /><br />BOOK XVII.-THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.&mdash;THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.<br /><br />BOOK XVIII.-THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEWARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN.<br /><br />BOOK XIX.-THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON.<br /><br />BOOK XX.-THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES.<br /><br />BOOK XXI.-THE BATTLE IN THE RIVER SCAMANDER.<br /><br />BOOK XXII.-THE DEATH OF HECTOR.<br /><br />BOOK XXIII.-FUNERAL GAMES IN HONOUR OF PATROCLUS.<br /><br />BOOK XXIV.-THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OFHECTOR.<br /><br />CONCLUDING NOTE.<br /><br />Footnotes