PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ILIAD OF HOMER*** 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 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. POPE'S PREFACE TO THE ILIAD OF HOMER 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. ILLUSTRATIONS HOMER INVOKING THE MUSE. MARS. MINERVA REPRESSING THE FURY OF ACHILLES. THE DEPARTURE OF BRISEIS FROM THE TENT OF ACHILLES. THETIS CALLING BRIAREUS TO THE ASSISTANCE OF JUPITER. THETIS ENTREATING JUPITER TO HONOUR ACHILLES. VULCAN. JUPITER. THE APOTHEOSIS OF HOMER. JUPITER SENDING THE EVIL DREAM TO AGAMEMNON. NEPTUNE. VENUS, DISGUISED, INVITING HELEN TO THE CHAMBER OF PARIS. VENUS PRESENTING HELEN TO PARIS. VENUS. Map, titled "Graeciae Antiquae". THE COUNCIL OF THE GODS. Map of the Plain of Troy. VENUS, WOUNDED IN THE HAND, CONDUCTED BY IRIS TO MARS. OTUS AND EPHIALTES HOLDING MARS CAPTIVE. DIOMED CASTING HIS SPEAR AT MARS. JUNO. HECTOR CHIDING PARIS. THE MEETING OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE. BOWS AND BOW CASE. 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. ĆSCULAPIUS. FIGHT FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS. VULCAN FROM AN ANTIQUE GEM. THETIS ORDERING THE NEREIDS TO DESCEND INTO THE SEA