Epic poem · 1791

The Iliad

by Homer

Translated by William Cowper (1791; Southey’s edition, New York 1860)

William Cowper’s blank-verse translation of the Iliad, first published in 1791, here in the 1860 New York edition of Robert Southey’s text.

Contents · 24 parts

• Book Iabout 750 lines
• Book IIabout 1080 lines
• Book IIIabout 540 lines
• Book IVabout 640 lines
• Book Vabout 1080 lines
• Book VIabout 650 lines
• Book VIIabout 570 lines
• Book VIIIabout 660 lines
• Book IXabout 880 lines
• Book Xabout 680 lines
• Book XIabout 1030 lines
• Book XIIabout 570 lines
• Book XIIIabout 1020 lines
• Book XIVabout 630 lines
• Book XVabout 900 lines
• Book XVIabout 1060 lines
• Book XVIIabout 920 lines
• Book XVIIIabout 770 lines
• Book XIXabout 520 lines
• Book XXabout 620 lines
• Book XXIabout 710 lines
• Book XXIIabout 600 lines
• Book XXIIIabout 1110 lines
• Book XXIVabout 1010 lines

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