Plays and Epic Poems With Trojan War Themes
Odyssey Quotes
Short passages from the "Odyssey" used as Homer Quotes.
Homer Quotes
Short passages from the "Iliad" used as Homer Quotes.
Where in Homer is the Trojan Horse?
Homer finishes the Iliad before the fall of Troy, so where in Homer is the Trojan Horse described?
Odyssey
The 24 books with direct links to translations of the each book, summaries, and quizzes.
Iliad
Samuel Butler's transaltion of epic poem, The Iliad, by Homer.
Iliad I Who? What? Where?
Notes to the places, people, and epithets used in the Project Gutenberg translation of Homer's Iliad Book I.
Greek Mothers From Epic and Drama
Had it not been for the beauty of Helen, Hermione's mother, there would have been no Trojan War. Had it not been for their mothers, Jocasta and Clytemnestra, the heroes Oedipus and Orestes would have remained obscure. Mortal mothers of other legendary heroes had important (if lesser) roles in the ancient Greek epics of Homer and drama of the...
Philoctetes
E-text of an English translation of Philoctetes, a play by Sophocles.
Fall of Troy
Story by Quintus (a 4th century poet from Smyrna), thought to have been based on the Cyclic Poets. Poem is about half the length of the Iliad.
Ajax
E-text of an English translation of Ajax, a play by Sophocles.
Iphigenia at Aulis
E-text of an English translation of Iphigenia at Aulis, a play by Euripides.
Troilus and Criseyde
Chaucer's story about the love the Trojan prince Troilus felt for Crseyde.
The Trojan Women
E-text of an English translation of The Trojan Women, a play by Euripides.