Epic poem · 1864

The Iliad

by Homer

Translated by Edward, Earl of Derby (1864)

The Earl of Derby, three times Prime Minister, rendered Homer’s epic of the wrath of Achilles into stately Victorian blank verse.

Contents · 24 parts

• Book Iabout 720 lines
• Book IIabout 1020 lines
• Book IIIabout 540 lines
• Book IVabout 620 lines
• Book Vabout 1030 lines
• Book VIabout 610 lines
• Book VIIabout 530 lines
• Book VIIIabout 640 lines
• Book IXabout 820 lines
• Book Xabout 640 lines
• Book XIabout 970 lines
• Book XIIabout 520 lines
• Book XIIIabout 950 lines
• Book XIVabout 590 lines
• Book XVabout 860 lines
• Book XVIabout 1000 lines
• Book XVIIabout 870 lines
• Book XVIIIabout 700 lines
• Book XIXabout 480 lines
• Book XXabout 580 lines
• Book XXIabout 700 lines
• Book XXIIabout 600 lines
• Book XXIIIabout 1040 lines
• Book XXIVabout 940 lines

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