CONTENTS.

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INTRODUCTION—Homer, the Father of Poetry[7]
The Gods and Goddesses[11]
I. Troy before the Siege[19]
II. The Judgment of Paris[33]
III. The League against Troy[46]
IV. Beginning of the War[63]
V. The Wrath of Achilles[76]
VI. The Dream of Agamemnon[92]
VII. The Combat between Menelaus and Paris[109]
VIII. The First Great Battle[124]
IX. The Second Battle—Exploit of Diomede and Ulysses[149]
X. The Battle at the Ships—Death of Patroclus[166]
XI. End of the Wrath of Achilles—Death of Hector[193]
XII. Death of Achilles—Fall and Destruction of Troy[220]
XIII. The Greek Chiefs after the War[240]