Iliad

The Iliad (; , ; ) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. Like the Odyssey, the poem is divided into 24 books and was written in dactylic hexameter. It contains 15,693 lines in its most widely accepted version. The Iliad is often regarded as the first substantial piece of European literature and is a central part of the Epic Cycle.

Asclepius (; ; ) is a hero and god of medicine in ancient Greek religion and mythology. He is the son of Apollo and Coronis, or Arsinoe, or of Apollo alone. Asclepius represents the healing aspect of the medical arts; his daughters, the , are: Hygieia ("Health, Healthiness"), Iaso (from ἴασις "healing, recovering, recuperation", the goddess of recuperation from illness), Aceso (from ἄκεσις "healing", the goddess of the healing process), Aegle (the goddess of good health) and Panacea (the goddess of universal remedy). He has several sons as well. He was associated with the Roman/Etruscan god Ve

in Greek mythology cult image of Athena on which the safety of Troy and later Rome was said to depend

section of Iliad book 2, list of participants in the Trojan War

legendary cup mentioned in the Iliad, or artifact claimed to be this cup

military item

tribe

8th-century BCE wine cup

decorated shield described in the Iliad

short Latin version of the Iliad of Homer

Tabula Iliaca is a generic label for a calculation of the days of the Iliad, probably by Zenodotus, of which twenty-two fragmentary examples are now known

epic catalogue in the Illiad

mythological vestment

historical credibility of the Iliad

alt=Helen walking along a city walls, alone: two women stand in the background, looking down over the wall |thumb|Helen on the Walls of Troy (1865) by Frederic Leighton

1939 essay by Simone Weil