Contains the entire text of Homer's "The Iliad" in an English translation by Samuel Butler.

Learn of the falling out between Achilles and Agamemnon, caused by Apollo, and the events leading up to the Trojan War.

Agamemnon decides to speak to Nestor about finding a way to save the Achaeans from destruction.

Iris tells Hector to keep aloof from battle until Agamemnon is wounded, after which Jove will guarantee him the strength to kill until nightfall.

Battle and turmoil rage on as Hector cheers his men to cross the brink to reach the Achaean ships.

Jove brings Hector and the Trojans to the Achaean ships, but Neptune disobeys his edict against immortal involvement to aid the Achaeans.

Agamemnon and Nestor fear it is the will of Jove that the Achaeans perish ingloriously, far from home, and consider fleeing the fray.

Jove vents his wrath over the meddling of Neptune and Juno after seeing Hector, who was leading the Trojans, felled.

Apollo prevents Patroclus from sacking Troy, but his and Jove's divine intervention can't save Hector from Achilles after he slays Patroclus.

Ajax takes the body of slain Patroclus away from Hector, and Ajax and Menelaus discuss how Jove turned the tables in favor of the Trojans.

Achilles mourns the slain Patroclus, stripped of his armor by his slayer Hector, who unwisely counsels the Trojans to keep fighting.

Achilles' mother Thetis brings him a suit of armor fashioned by Vulcan. Xanthus foretells the hero's death in by the hand of a man and a god.

Woe betides the Trojans at the hands of Jove, who tries to manipulate Agamemnon with a lying dream.

Jove calls the Olympian gods to another meeting to criticize their meddling, but the gods come together in battle.

Achilles goes on a rampage, slaughtering Trojans, Mars strikes Minerva, Juno beats Diana, and Apollo beguiles Achilles.

Achilles pursues Hector, and Minerva impersonates Apollo to convince Hector to stand and fight Achilles, who slays Hector and dishonors his body.

Trojan women lament Hector's savage death, while the Achaeans lament Patroclus at his funeral pyre. Then Achilles calls for the games to begin.

Apollo berates the immortals for allowing Hector's body to be dishonored, and Priam pays Achilles a ransom to receive his son's body for burial.

Trojans advance, Achaeans stand firm, and Menelaus intimidates Paris, who in turn is upbraided by Hector.

Minerava and Juno plot mischief for the Trojans. Juno confronts Jove about their opposing loyalties.

Pallas Minerva and Mars use their godly powers to influence their Achaean champions, and Vulcan saves some Trojan heroes from death.

War rages on between Achaeans and Trojans, and Hector assures his wife Andromache that no one could hurry him down to Hades before his time.

Apollo confronts Minerva about her sister goddesses' determination to destroy Troy, and offers his own solution for ending the war.

Jove calls the gods and goddesses to a meeting on mount Olympus, and forbids them to aid either one of the mortal armies in the Trojan War.

Weeping, Agamemnon addresses the Acheans, admitting that cruel Jove has tricked him into thinking they would conquer Troy.