Translated by Alexander Pope

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INTRODUCTION.
POPE'S PREFACE TO THE ILIAD OF HOMER
THE ILIAD.

BOOK I.
BOOK II.
BOOK III.
BOOK IV.
BOOK V.
BOOK VI.
BOOK VII.
BOOK VIII.
BOOK IX.
BOOK X.
BOOK XI.
BOOK XII.
BOOK XIII.
BOOK XIV.
BOOK XV.
BOOK XVI.
BOOK XVII.
BOOK XVIII.
BOOK XIX.
BOOK XX.
BOOK XXI.
BOOK XXII.
BOOK XXIII.
BOOK XXIV.
CONCLUDING NOTE.

Produced by Anne Soulard, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks, 
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

{Illustration: Title page, with drawing of a bust of Homer, and a curving sash bearing the inscription 'Illustrated by Flaxman's Designs'.}

THE ILIAD OF HOMER

TRANSLATED BY ALEXANDER POPE,

WITH NOTES BY THE
REV. THEODORE ALOIS BUCKLEY, M.A., F.S.A.

AND

FLAXMAN'S DESIGNS.

1899

    LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


    Iris
    Hector and Ajax separated by the Heralds
    Greek Amphora—Wine vessels
    Juno and Minerva going to assist the Greeks
    The Hours taking the Horses from Juno's Car
    The Shield of Achilles
    Pluto
    The Embassy to Achilles
    Greek Galley
    Proserpine
    Achilles
    Diomed and Ulysses returning with the spoils of Rhesus
    The Descent of Discord
    Hercules
    Polydamas advising Hector
    Greek Altar
    Neptune rising from the Sea
    Greek Earrings
    Sleep escaping from the wrath of Jupiter
    Greek Shield
    Bacchus
    Ajax defending the Greek Ships
    Castor and Pollux
    Buckles
    Diana
    Sleep and Death conveying the body of Sarpedon to Lycia
    AEsculapius
    Fight for the body of Patroclus
    Vulcan from an antique gem
    Thetis ordering the Nereids to descend into the Sea
    Juno commanding the Sun to set
    Tripod
    Thetis and Eurynome receiving the Infant Vulcan
    Vulcan and Charis receiving Thetis
    Thetis bringing the Armour to Achilles
    Hercules
    The Gods descending to Battle
    Centaur
    Achilles contending with the Rivers
    The Bath
    Andromache fainting on the Wall
    The Funeral Pile of Patroclus
    Ceres
    Hector's Body at the Car of Achilles
    The Judgment of Paris
    Iris advises Priam to obtain the body of Hector
    Funeral of Hector