What is the Iliad? What is it about?

Answer 1

The Iliad is an epic poem by Homer about the Trojan Wars.

In a nutshell :

Trojans visit Greece
Trojan prince fancies Greek wife
Trojan prince abducts / elopes with Greek wife
Greek husband cheesed off
Greek husband convinces mates to invade Troy to recover wife
Greeks attack Troy
Stalemate for many years
Greeks pretend to clear off and leave large wooden horse as a prezzy
Trojans wheel horse into city, have a big party and get drunk
Greek warriors hiding in horse open city gates and allow rest of Greek army in
Greeks slaughter Trojans and raze city

For a full story, read Homer's Iliad (see link 1). If you don't have time for this, read Sparknotes on the Iliad (see link 2) or read the Wikipedia entry (see link 3)

Source(s):

http://classics.mit.edu/homer/iliad.html...
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/iliad/...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/iliad...

Answer 2

The Iliad is an epic poem written by the Greek poet Homer. It "documents" the Trojan war. Check out this site for more information: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/iliad/

Answer 3

The Iliad is an epic poem about the Wrath of Achilles and the Trojan war. It covers the end of the war.....but not the destruction of Troy. The author is considered Homer or the Homeridae (students of the famous bard). Even though its long, its worth the read.

Answer 4

An "Ili" is a large pink bunny with dark reddish blotches found in central Europe. The "Iliad" is the story of tens of thousands of those bunnies migrating south and east ruining the meager crops of Greece and Asia minor.

Answer 5

Go watch Troy and read the book.