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The Iliad Knopf Books for Young Readers Find out in this brilliantly"The Iliad" is the culmination of a long standing oral tradition. The oral technique enabled a master bard like Homer to develop what may historically have been an event of minor importance into a fully fledged epic. So, out of a single episode in the legendary Trojan War Achilles' withdrawal from the fighting and his return to kill the Trojan hero, Hector Homer generated the 24 books of "The Iliad". Homer has created a timeless, dramatic tragedy. His