The war that killed Achilles the true story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War

"The dramatic events of the Trojan War are legend -- but Homer's epic poem, Iliad, is devoted entirely to a few mundane weeks at the end of a debilitating, waning ten-year campaign. The story's focus is not on drama but on a bitter truth: both armies want nothing more than to stop fighting and go home. Caroline Alexander has taken apart a story we think we know and put it back together in a way that reveals what Homer really meant us to glean from his masterpiece."@en
"A dissection of the epic poem which reveals the poet's vision of the tragedy of war, addressing many of the central questions that define the war experience of every age."
"Many have forgotten that the subject of the "Iliad" was war-- not merely the poetical romance of the war at Troy, but war, in all its enduring devastation. This analysis of Homer's epic poem restores the poet's vision of the tragedy of war, addressing many of the central questions that define the war experience of every age."@en
"Few warriors, in life or literature, have challenged their commanding officer and the rationale of the war they fought as fiercely as did Homer's hero Achilles. Today, the Iliad is celebrated as one of the greatest works in literature, the epic of all epics; many have forgotten that the subject of this ancient poem was war -- not merely the poetical romance of the war at Troy, but War, in all its enduring devastation."@en

"The war that killed Achilles the true story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War"
"The war that killed Achilles the true story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War"@en