Epic poem · 1676

The Iliad

by Homer

Translated by Thomas Hobbes (1676)

Thomas Hobbes's rhymed-quatrain translation of the Iliad, first published in 1676 when the philosopher of the Leviathan was in his late eighties, here in the 1676 London edition of William Crook.

Contents · 24 parts

• Book Iabout 570 lines
• Book IIabout 820 lines
• Book IIIabout 430 lines
• Book IVabout 510 lines
• Book Vabout 840 lines
• Book VIabout 510 lines
• Book VIIabout 440 lines
• Book VIIIabout 500 lines
• Book IXabout 670 lines
• Book Xabout 510 lines
• Book XIabout 800 lines
• Book XIIabout 440 lines
• Book XIIIabout 800 lines
• Book XIVabout 490 lines
• Book XVabout 700 lines
• Book XVIabout 840 lines
• Book XVIIabout 710 lines
• Book XVIIIabout 570 lines
• Book XIXabout 400 lines
• Book XXabout 470 lines
• Book XXIabout 570 lines
• Book XXIIabout 510 lines
• Book XXIIIabout 880 lines
• Book XXIVabout 770 lines

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