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Detailed explanation-1: -The Iliad is an epic poem in 24 books that is traditionally attributed to the ancient Greek poet Homer. The epic is about the wrath of the Greek hero Achilles . The subject of this poem is the Trojan War.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Iliad is an epic poem about the Trojan War, a ten-year conflict between early Greek kingdoms and the Anatolian city of Troy, and specifically about its final year. The title comes from a phrase from ancient Greek, Iliad poiesis, which means ‘’poem of Ilion. ‘’ Ilion is an ancient name for the city of Troy.

Detailed explanation-3: -Homer’s two poems – the Iliad and the Odyssey – together tell the story of a war between Greeks and Trojans at a place called Troy (or Ilium, to give it its Latinised name – hence the Iliad), and the return home of one of the heroes, Odysseus (hence the Odyssey).

Detailed explanation-4: -Yet The Iliad still has much to say about war, even as it is fought today. It tells us that war is both the bringer of renown to its young fighters and the destroyer of their lives. It tells us about post-conflict destruction and chaos; about war as the great reverser of fortunes.