Twenty-four books of Greek verse, traditionally credited to
荷马 and dated to around the 8th century BC. It covers a few weeks of the war, from the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles to the funeral of the Trojan hero Hector. Achilles is
阿喀琉斯 in most translations and
阿基里斯 in some, and an older Chinese title for the poem is
伊利昂纪.