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Iliad" is a word that means "a poem about Ilium" (i.e., Troy), and Homer's great epic poem has been known as "The Iliad" ever since the Greek historian Herodotus so referred to it in the fifth century B.C. Read the first page
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These are the most frequently used words in this book.
achaeans
achilles
again
against
agamemnon
ajax
argives
armies
arms
athena
away
battle
blood
body
book
bronze
came
captain
chariot
city
come
comrades
cry
day
dead
death
diomedes
down
earth
even
eyes
far
father
fight
fighters
fighting
fire
first
force
friend
gave
give
glory
go
gods
good
great
ground
hands
head
heart
hector
hera
high
himself
hold
home
homer
iliad
king
last
led
left
let
life
lines
long
lord
man
men
must
now
odysseus
old
once
own
patroclus
power
priam
quickly
ranks
right
round
see
shield
ships
son
spear
still
take
team
time
trojans
troy
two
walls
war
went
words
zeus
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