Physical Description:viii, 464 p. : map ; 25 cm.print
Publisher:Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2007.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 23-25) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Book 21 : Achilles kills many men in the river, who begs him to stop, then threatens ; Hera sends Hephaistos to quell the river ; the gods oppose each other ; the Trojans go into the city -- Book 22 : His parents beg Hektor to come in ; Hektor refuses ; Achilles chases him ; Athena deceives him into stopping ; Achilles strikes him, rejects his dying plea, and drags him ; the women wail -- Book 23 : In sleep, Achilles sees Patróklos ; he mourns ; the winds light the pyre. The funeral games : chariot-racing, boxing, wrestling, footrace, spear-fight, hurling a lump, archery, and spear-throw -- Book 24 : Achilles keeps dragging Hektor ; angered, Zeus says he must give up the body ; with Hermes' aid Priam goes to ransom it ; they meet, Achilles restrains the battle, and Hektor is buried -- List of proper names in the Iliad.