# The Iliad

by [Homer](https://localbooks.app/authors/homer)

- Genres: [Poesia narrativa](https://localbooks.app/genres/poetry/narrative-poetry), [Mondo antico](https://localbooks.app/genres/historical-fiction/ancient-world)
- Set in: [provincia di Çanakkale, Turchia](https://localbooks.app/places/tr/canakkale); [Troy, provincia di Çanakkale, Turchia](https://localbooks.app/places/tr/canakkale/troy) (fictional); [Il monte Olimpo](https://localbooks.app/places/mythic-realms/mount-olympus) (Regni mitici, not a real place)
- Audience: Adult
- Pages: 564

## Description

In the tenth year of the Trojan War, the Greek hero Achilles quarrels with King Agamemnon and withdraws from battle, with devastating consequences for both armies. Homer's epic of rage, honor and grief, as gods take sides on Mount Olympus.

## Where to buy

- [Open Library (ebook)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL27292338W)
- [Project Gutenberg (ebook)](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The%20Iliad)

Read a free sample: https://localbooks.app/books/the-iliad/read/1 (24 chapters, 153277 words)

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