The Iliad
Homer · translated by William Cullen Bryant
Ten days in the tenth year of the Trojan War: the rage of Achilles, the death of Hector, and the oldest story in Western literature.
First published c. 8th c. BCE · 157,000 words · about 10 hours to read · 613 pages at 10.3″
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- PDF, 10.3″ and larger, with notes margin 613 pages, 3 MB
- PDF, 10.3″ and larger, without notes margin 670 pages, 3 MB
- PDF, 7–8″, with notes margin 723 pages, 3 MB
- PDF, 7–8″, without notes margin 738 pages, 3 MB
- PDF, 7.3″ tall, with notes margin 681 pages, 3 MB
- PDF, 7.3″ tall, without notes margin 699 pages, 2 MB
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About this edition
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