Homer

The Iliad is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy 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. Although …

Amongst the great tragedies of the literary world, author's the iliad would probably be reckoned as the first. This epic poem, besides being theapex of greek literature, epitomizes the cornerstone of western culture andrevolves around the critical last year of the trojan war that witnessed thekilling of hector by …