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The Iliad is an epic poem, written by Homer, that explains the quarrels and fights near the end of the Trojan War. The story opens after nine years of war, which started because Paris, son of King Priam of Troy, kidnapped Helen from Menelaus, a Greek and brother of Agamemnon, King of Mycenae. He tells the story of Achilles, the greatest Greek hero to fight in the Trojan War