The Iliad
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Meanwhile NielsenIQ noted many related works -- including "The Iliad", Madeline Miller's "Circe" and Margaret Atwood's "The Penelopiad" -- had also seen "significant" sales uplifts.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
The Iliad has these big, overstuffed couches and chairs with blown springs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
So, when I read "The Iliad," I already knew this story because it was part of my youth.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2024
The Voyage Home is the third book in Pat Barker's series which retells The Iliad story from the perspective of the Trojan women.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2023
Cleopatra read Homer’s epics, The Iliad and The Odyssey, poetry by Hesiod and Pindar; and plays by Euripides and Menander.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
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