The Iliad

Homer

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Suggestions for Further Reading

Brann, Eva. Homeric Moments: Clues to Delight in Reading The Odyssey and The Iliad. Philadelphia: Paul Dry Books, 2002.

Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion. Trans. John Raffan. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, reprint edition 2006.

Camps, W. A. An Introduction to Homer. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980.

Edwards, Mark W. Homer: Poet of The Iliad. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, reprint edition 1990.

Griffin, Jasper. Homer on Life and Death. New York: Oxford University Press, 1983.

Kirk, G. S. The Songs of Homer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, new edition 2004.

Nagy, Gregory. The Best of the Achaeans: Concepts of the Hero in Archaic Greek Poetry. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, revised edition 1998.

Silk, M. S. Homer: The Iliad. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition 2004.

Vivante, Paolo. Homer. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1985.

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