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The story of the Iliad

by Alfred John Church (1829–1912)

25 chapters, about 39,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. INTRODUCTION 800 words
2. THE QUARREL 3,000 words
3. THE ASSEMBLY 2,600 words
4. THE DUEL OF PARIS AND MENELAUS 1,900 words
5. THE BROKEN OATH 1,200 words
6. THE VALIANT DEEDS OF DIOMED 2,300 words
7. GLAUCUS AND DIOMED 600 words
8. HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE 1,700 words
9. THE DUEL OF HECTOR AND AJAX 700 words
10. THE BATTLE ON THE PLAIN 2,300 words
11. THE EMBASSY TO ACHILLES 2,500 words
12. THE ADVENTURE OF ULYSSES AND DIOMED 1,300 words
13. THE WOUNDING OF THE CHIEFS 1,200 words
14. THE BATTLE AT THE WALL 900 words
15. THE BATTLE AT THE SHIPS 1,300 words
16. THE DEEDS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS 1,400 words
17. THE ROUSING OF ACHILLES 1,300 words
18. THE MAKING OF THE ARMS 900 words
19. THE ENDING OF THE STRIFE 1,000 words
20. THE BATTLE AT THE RIVER 900 words
21. THE BATTLE OF THE GODS 1,500 words
22. THE SLAYING OF HECTOR 2,500 words
23. THE BURNING OF PATROCLUS 2,400 words
24. THE RANSOMING OF HECTOR 2,300 words
25. PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES 200 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Fasting
• Lu (state)

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