The Iliad

The Iliad is an epic poem attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. The Iliad is among the oldest extant works of Western literature, and its written version is usually dated to around the eighth century BC.