210 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-200) and index

General editor's preface -- 1. Introduction -- History and the Iliad -- Oral poetry, the Iliad, and the modern reader -- 2. The plot of the Iliad -- Achilles, Hektor and the fall of Troy -- Achilles in Book 1 -- Hektor during the abscence of Achilles -- The embassy -- The Patrokleia -- Hektor after the death of Patroklos -- The death of Hektor and the structure of the Iliad -- 3. Fighting in the Iliad -- The ethos of Homeric fighting -- The individual encounter -- Necrologues and gloating speeches -- Narrative patterns beyond the individual encounter -- The progress of battle -- 4. The simile -- The narrative function of similes -- The content of similes -- The function of detail: the lion smiles -- Contrast and significance in the Iliadic image -- The Homeric simile and the epic tradition -- 5. The gods -- Human and divine motivation -- The Homeric gods and their society -- 6. The composition of the Iliad -- Repetition and contextual surplus -- The composition of the Iliad -- 7. The life of the Iliad

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