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Written in the 8th Century B.C. Homer's Iliad has been called the greatest war epic ever written. Told in 24 books this epic poem depicts the battles and events of the Trojan War. Focusing on the last few weeks before the war's end, the poems detail the climax of the conflict between the Greek leader, King Agamemnon and the Greek's greatest warrior, Achilles. One of the most important works of classical literature the poems are a combination of historical narrative and epic mythology