The Iliad

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Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Book 4 Book 5 Book 6 Book 7 Book 8 Book 9 Book 10 Book 11 Book 12 Book 13 Book 14 Book 15 Book 16 Book 17 Book 18 Book 19 Book 20 Book 21 Book 22 Book 23 Book 24

Themes

All Themes Honor and Glory The Gods Fate and Free Will Wartime Versus Peacetime Mortality Love and Friendship

Characters

All Characters Achilles Hector Zeus Agamemnon Hera Thetis Paris

Symbols

All Symbols The Shield of Achilles Zeus’ Eagle

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Allusions Dramatic Irony Ethos Flashbacks Foil Foreshadowing Genre Imagery Irony Logos Metaphors Mood Motifs Pathos Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone

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Introduction Intro

Plot Summary Plot

Summary & Analysis

Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 4
Book 5
Book 6
Book 7
Book 8
Book 9
Book 10
Book 11
Book 12
Book 13
Book 14
Book 15
Book 16
Book 17
Book 18
Book 19
Book 20
Book 21
Book 22
Book 23
Book 24

All Themes
Honor and Glory
The Gods
Fate and Free Will
Wartime Versus Peacetime
Mortality
Love and Friendship

All Characters
Achilles
Hector
Zeus
Agamemnon
Hera
Thetis
Paris

All Symbols
The Shield of Achilles
Zeus’ Eagle

All Literary Devices
Allusions
Dramatic Irony
Ethos
Flashbacks
Foil
Foreshadowing
Genre
Imagery
Irony
Logos
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Pathos
Personification
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Style
Tone

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