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When a prince kidnaps the beautiful wife of a king, the insult leads all of Greece to rally towards Troy in a legendary war to get her back. The Iliad is one the only two surviving classics written by Homer. Summary of the Book In this classic translation, Robert Fagles brings alive the magical story of how the Greeks besieged Troy to win back Helen, the wife of Menelaus, the brother of Agamemnon This verse translation brings alive the magic and the rhythm of Homer’s original work, capturing the grandeur and finesse of Homer’s own style and language. Telling the stories of Helen, Achilles, Hector, Paris and other heroes of legend, this tale has influenced a great part of modern world literature and art. About Homer Homer was a Greek poet, popularly considered to be the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Herodotus places his timeline around 850 BC, and other sources attribute his existence to the 7th or 8th Century BC. Homer’s works are considered to be the most influential classics of all time. Part of a much larger work, now long lost to civilization, these two epic poems have changed the way literature has evolved throughout the ages. This classic continues in the Odyssey.