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Front Matter How War with Troy Began The Quarrel What Thetis Did for Her Son Duel of Paris and Menelaus How the Oath Was Broken The Great Deeds of Diomed Other Valiant Deeds Of Glaucus and Diomed Hector and Andromache How Hector and Ajax Fought The Battle on the Plain Repentance of Agamemnon Embassy to Achilles The Story of Old Phoenix Of Diomed and Ulysses Wounding of the Chiefs The Battle at the Wall The Battle at the Ships Death of Patroclus The Rousing of Achilles Making of the Arms The Quarrel Ended The Battle at the River The Slaying of Hector The Ransoming of Hector The End of Troy

Iliad for Boys and Girls - Alfred J. Church



Vigorous retelling of Homer's Iliad, relating the incidents of the great siege of Troy, from the quarrel of the chiefs to the ransoming of Hector's body. This versions provides a more complicated retelling of Homer's famous than some other adaptations, but is still directed at intermediate students rather than young adults. Alfred Church was a British high school instructor whose career was dedicated to popularizing the classics for young people and this is one of his most well-known books.

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DIOMED CASTING HIS SPEAR AGAINST ARES


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