Homer — The Iliad
← all texts · Greek · c. 750 BCE (composed), older tradition
What this is
The wrath of Achilles in the tenth year of the Trojan War — the founding epic of the West, where gods and mortals fight side by side and honor, rage and mortality are weighed.
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What to read alongside it, and why.
Homer — The Odyssey
Greek
Its sequel and counterpart — the war, then the long way home.
Hesiod — Theogony
Greek
The family tree of the very gods who meddle on the plain of Troy.
The Homeric Hymns
Greek
Standalone praise-poems to the gods who appear here as characters.