BY

M. CLARKE

NEW YORK—CINCINNATI—CHICAGO AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

I. HOMER, THE FATHER OF POETRY.

II. THE GODS AND GODDESSES.

THE STORY OF TROY.

I. TROY BEFORE THE SIEGE.

II. THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS.

III. THE LEAGUE AGAINST TROY.

IV. BEGINNING OF THE WAR.

V. THE WRATH OF ACHILLES.

VI. THE DREAM OF AGAMEMNON.

VII. THE COMBAT BETWEEN MENELAUS AND PARIS.

VIII. THE FIRST GREAT BATTLE.

IX. THE SECOND BATTLE—EXPLOIT OF DIOMEDE AND ULYSSES.

X. THE BATTLE AT THE SHIPS—DEATH OF PATROCLUS.

XI. END OF THE WRATH OF ACHILLES—DEATH OF HECTOR.

XII. DEATH OF ACHILLES—FALL AND DESTRUCTION OF TROY.

XIII. THE GREEK CHIEFS AFTER THE WAR.

PERSONS AND PLACES MENTIONED.