In tracing the legacy of Achilles in connection with the Trojan war this book follows the
lines of Homer's Iliad. The author gives a graphic picture of the stirring events in the ten
years' siege main-tained by the Greeks under the leadership of Agamemnon king of Mycenae in
their finally suc-cessful effort to redress the injury done to Menelaus king of Sparta whose
wife Helen was carried off by Paris. The striking points in this thrilling narrative are the
quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles the exploits of Hector noblest character of them all
the human impersonations of the gods who take part in the strife - some on one side some on
the other the death of Patroclus the final reconciliation of Achilles and Agamemnon and the
former's tremendous exploits the death of Hector and the touching interview with the aged
Priam who seeks to recover his body.
