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Homer, |

Achilles and Ajax Playing a Board Game
from the Vatican Museum
(Original Image at http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/ETb-Amphora.jpg?30,55)
Iliad Materials from a Reed College humanities course. Very helpful site; includes a map, an outline of the poem, and brief answers to such questions as who Homer was (answer: "No one knows").
Perseus Project Materials on the Iliad. From the amazing Perseus Project at Tufts University. Choose from two English translations or the Greek text, all elaborately cross-referenced with other materials. Also available at the site: 63 images of Troy from archaeological excavations.
A Study Guide to the Iliad (Robin Mitchell-Boyask). Lots of study questions; also includes a guide to the structure of the Iliad. Keyed to the Fagles translation.
Aristotle on Homer (Malcolm Heath). Detailed discussion of Aristotle's remarks about Homer in the Poetics.
The Virtual Iliad. Overview of the plot, with a few images.
Iliad images. With descriptions.
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Last update: August 10, 2005. |