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"In this book we are to tell the story of Troy, and particularly of the famous siege which ended in the total destruction of that renowned city. It is a story of brave warriors and heroes of 3000 years ago, about whose exploits the greatest poets and historians of ancient times have written. Some of the wonderful events of the memorable siege are related in a celebrated poem called the Iliad, written in the Greek language. The author of this poem was Homer, who was the author of another great poem, the Odyssey, which tells of the voyages and adventures of the Greek hero, Ulysses, after the taking of Troy." Michael Clarke -- 1897Included in this edition is a tabulation of Homer's famous "Catalogue of Ships" which lists the commanders, tribes, nations, cities, and towns which participated in the Greek and Trojan alliances, along the with the numbers of ships contributed by each member of the Greek alliance.