The Iliad of Homer. Rage, Glory, and the Final Days of Troy

A single act of pride ignites a war that has already burned for nine years. When Achilles, greatest of the Greek warriors, withdraws from battle in a rage over a stolen prize, the balance of the Trojan War tips catastrophically -- and the price will be paid in the blood of heroes on both sides. Across the plains before Troy's walls, gods scheme, warriors fall, and glory and grief become nearly impossible to tell apart.
Homer's Iliad is the original war epic -- a work that has shaped how the world tells stories of combat, honor, and consequence for nearly three millennia. The definitive ancient epic of war, rage, and heroismAchilles, Hector, and the gods who move them like pieces on a boardThe poem that set the template for every war story sinceStep onto the plains of Troy -- the fighting is far from over.