Chapter Iachimo to Iliad of I by Brewer's Readers Handbook

XX. A general battle ensues, in which the gods are permitted to take part.

XXI. The battle rages with great fury, the slaughter is frightful; but the Trojans, being routed, retreat into their town, and close the gates.

XXII. Achillês slays Hector before he is able to enter the gates, and the battle is at an end. Nothing now remains but

XXIII. To burn the body of Patroclos, and celebrate the funeral games.

XXIV. Old Priam, going to the tent of Achillês, craves the body of his son Hector; Achillês gives it up, and the poem concludes with the funeral rites of the Trojan hero.

For English translations in verse, see under HOMER.

N.B.—Virgil continues the tale from this point. Shows how the city was take n and burnt, and then continues with the adventures of Æne’as, who escapes from the burning city, makes his way to Italy, marries the king’s daughter, and succeeds to the throne. (See ÆNEID.)

The French Iliad, The Romance of the Rose (q.v.).

The German Iliad, The Nibelungen Lied (q.v.).

The Portuguese Iliad, The Lusiad (q.v.).

The Scotch Iliad, The Epigoniad, by William Wilkie (q.v.).