Introducing Homer's Iliad
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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 The Troy story
    • 1.1 The catalyst for the Trojan War
    • 1.2 Sources for the Trojan War
  • 2 Homer’s Iliad
  • 3 Homer’s oral art I
    • 3.1 Meter and word order
    • 3.2 Epithets
    • 3.3 Homeric music
  • 4 Homer’s oral art II
    • 4.1 Insightful similes
  • Conclusion
  • Images
  • References

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