XXII. Achillês slays Hector before he is able to enter the gates, and the battle is at an end. Nothing now remains but
XXIII. To burn the body of Patroclos, and celebrate the funeral games.
XXIV. Old Priam, going to the tent of Achillês, craves the body of his son Hector; Achillês gives it up, and the poem concludes with the funeral rites of the Trojan hero.
⁂ Virgil continues the tale from this point. Shows how the city was taken and burnt, and then continues with the adventures of Æne´as, who escapes from the burning city, makes his way to Italy, marries the king’s daughter, and succeeds to the throne. (See Æneid).
Iliad (The French), The Romance of the Rose (q.v.).
Iliad (The German), The Nibelungen Lied (q.v.).
Iliad (The Portuguese), The Lusiad (q.v.).
Iliad (The Scotch), The Epigoniad, by William Wilkie (q.v.).
Iliad of Old English Literature, “The Knight’s Tale” of Palămon and Arcite (2 syl.) in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (1388).
Illuminated Doctor (The), Raymond Lully (1235-1315).