"The Iliad" English Translation by Alexander Pope

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From: Book · Homer · 1848

"The Iliad" is an English translation of the Iliad hero myth by Alexander Pope in 1848. This version has been republished many times since Pope's lifetime (1688-1744). It contains all twenty-four books.
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"The Iliad" is an 1848 translation of the Iliad hero myth, translated by Englishman Alexander Pope.

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MLA Modern Language Association (8th ed.)

OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. ""The Iliad": English Translation by Alexander Pope." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 30 Apr. 2019, omnika.org/stable/106. Accessed 6 Dec. 2024.

APA American Psychological Association (6th ed.)

OMNIKA (2019, April 30). "The Iliad": English Translation by Alexander Pope. Retrieved from https://omnika.org/stable/106

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OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. ""The Iliad": English Translation by Alexander Pope." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created April 30, 2019. Accessed December 6, 2024. https://omnika.org/stable/106.

Bibliography

Homer. The Iliad of Homer, Translated by Alexander Pope. Translated by Alexander Pope. London, England: G. Routledge, 1848.
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The Iliad Hero myth Myth icon
Ancient Greek Belief system
Achilles Main deity

Achilles, half man-half deity, fought in the Trojan war for King Agamemnon and quarreled with him over a mistress, among other things. The war featured the Trojans against the Greeks and had lots of action where Achilles was the star. Achilles' close friend Patroclus died at the hands of Hector; consequently, Achilles slaughtered him in order to get his revenge. While not listed in the Iliad, sources say that Achilles suffered his tragic fate at the end of the war by Paris when he was shot with an arrow through the achilles heel. Achilles fulfilled the hero motif of living a short life of glory.