Iliad

Ilias

textual humanities text poem core Lifetime Path planned

Creators

Homeric epic tradition, attributed tradition

Canon Rationale

A core Greek epic, included as a full reading for its centrality to ancient literature, war narrative, heroic ethics, oral tradition, later epic, tragedy, and the long history of classical education.

Path

Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 2.

Evidence

handbook: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Iliad'.
field survey: Poetry Foundation, 'Homer'.

Audit Flags

translation dependency, version dependency

Completion unit: read the full poem in a chosen translation or original Greek edition. Translation choice should be tracked because style and interpretive framing matter.