Series: Misc
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN: 0140275363
Pages: 702 pages
Publisher: Penguin (Jan 2003)
Price: $9.95
Reader Rating: 8 out of 10
Votes: 6
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN: 0140275363
Pages: 702 pages
Publisher: Penguin (Jan 2003)
Price: $9.95
Reader Rating: 8 out of 10
Votes: 6
Description: After the abduction of Menelaus' beautiful wife Helen by Paris of Troy, the various kingdoms of Greece set sail to avenge Menelaus' loss and to reclaim his wife under the agreed command of King Agamemnon.
The Iliad begins on the tenth and final year of the Trojan War. After offending Achilles who then refuses to fight, Agamemnon's forces begin to take heavy casualties under the onslaught of Prince Hector, the Commander and Chief of the Trojan army. Back and forth the fortunes of war go as warriors fall victim to the spear and sword. Homer describes without compromise the dark side of human nature - fired by the horrors of war. The combatants are mere pawns in the hands of the scheming Olympian gods who fight for their favoured side and rival each other for Zeus' will.
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