Ilias - Homeros 9th Century BC-8th Century BC (Oxford s.n., 1665)
The Iliad ("a poem about Ilium (Troy)") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the Odyssey, the poem is divided into 24 books and was written in dactylic hexameter. It contains 15,693 lines in its most widely accepted version. Set towards the end of the Trojan War, a ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Mycenaean Greek states, the poem depicts significant events in the siege's final weeks. In particular, it depicts a fierce quarrel between King Agamemnon and a celebrated warrior, Achilles. It is a central part of the Epic Cycle. The Iliad is often regarded as the first substantial piece of European literature.
for other editions see also: X3B22 and 09F02
Ex libris Gilbert Wakefield 1797, John P. Smith 1803 & Gilbert D. Jennings 1928 (manuscript)
bound in brown leather
Keywords: Classical Antiquity (8th Century BC-6th Century AD); 17th Century (1601-1700); Mythology; Poetry; Literature; Greece