| The Iliad Of Homer: Illustrated Version Contributor(s): Pope, Alexander (Author) |
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ISBN: 1495902129 ISBN-13: 9781495902123 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $28.73 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1909 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry |
| Physical Information: 1.6" H x 6" W x 9" (2.33 lbs) 804 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nine years after the start of the Trojan War, the Greek ("Achaean") army sacks Chryse, a town allied with Troy. During the battle, the Achaeans capture a pair of beautiful maidens, Chryseis and Briseis. Agamemnon, the leader of the Achaean forces, takes Chryseis as his prize, and Achilles, the Achaeans' greatest warrior, claims Briseis. Chryseis's father, Chryses, who serves as a priest of the god Apollo, offers an enormous ransom in return for his daughter, but Agamemnon refuses to give Chryseis back. Chryses then prays to Apollo, who sends a plague upon the Achaean camp. |
