A scholarly article which examines the actual warfare that occurred in the Trojan War, the use of intelligence and gives a comparison between Books 10 and 24 of the Iliad.

Written in the 8th century B.C. this is one of the earliest writings of European literature. This informative site looks at the characters and important themes and quotations in this early work.

This site features the author Homer including the full text of the epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey written in prose.

Read about what scholars have speculated about the life of Homer, known as the author of both the Iliad and the Odyssey.