The Iliad for Boys and Girls

Alfred J. Church wrote many books looking at classical literature, but is especially well known for his re-telling of classic books in a style so that younger readers may follow the story. The Iliad for Boys and Girls is a retelling of Homer’s Iliad, centred around the events of the siege of Troy during the final year.

By : Alfred John Church (1829 - 1912)

01 - Of How the War with Troy Began



02 - The Quarrel



03 - What Thetis Did for Her Son



04 - The Duel of Paris and Menelaus



05 - How the Oath Was Broken



06 - The Great Deeds of Diomed



07 - Concerning Other Valiant Deeds



08 - Of Glaucus and Diomed



09 - Hector and Andromache



10 - How Hector and Ajax Fought



11 - The Battle on the Plain



12 - The Repentance of Agmemnon



13 - The Embassy to Achilles



14 - The Story of Old Pheonix



15 - The Adventure Of Diomed and Ulysses



16 - The Wounding Of The Chiefs



17 - The Battle At The Wall



18 - The Battle At The Ships



19 - The Deeds And Death of Patroclus



20 - The Rousing Of Achillies



21 - The Making Of The Arms



22 - The Quarrel Ended



23 - The Battle At The River



24 - The Slaying Of Hector



25 - The Ransoming Of Hector and The End Of Troy


Once upon a time there was a certain King of Sparta who had a most beautiful daughter, Helen by name. There was not a prince in Greece but wished to marry her. The King said to them: "Now you must all swear that you will be good friends with the man whom my daughter shall choose for her husband, and that if any one is wicked enough to steal her away from him, you will help him get her back." And this they did. Then the Fair Helen chose a prince whose name was Menelaüs, brother of Agamemnon, who reigned in Mycenæ, and was the chief of all the Kings of Greece. After a while Helen's father died, and her husband became King of Sparta. The two lived happily together till there came to Sparta a young prince, Paris by name, who was son of Priam, King of Troy. This Paris carried off the Fair Helen, and with her much gold and many precious stones.

Menelaüs and his brother Agamemnon sent to the princes of Greece and said, "Now you must keep your oath, and help us to get back the Fair Helen." So they all came to a place called Aulis, with many ships and men. Others also who had not taken the oath came with them. The greatest of these chiefs were these:—

Diomed, son of Tydeus; Ajax the Greater and Ajax the Less, and Teucer the Archer, who was brother of Ajax the Greater.

Nestor, who was the oldest man in the world.

The wise Ulysses.

Achilles, who was the bravest and strongest of all the Greeks, and with him his dear friend Patroclus.

For nine years the Greeks besieged the city of Troy, but they could not break through the walls; and as they had been away from their homes for all this time, they came to be in great want of food and clothes and other things. So they left part of the army to watch the city, and with part they went about and spoiled other cities. Thus came about the great quarrel of which I am now going to tell.

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