In the modern vulgate (the standard accepted version), the Iliad contains 15,693 lines, divided into 24 books it is written in Homeric Greek, a literary amalgam of Ionic Greek and other dialects. Usually considered to have been written down circa the 8th century BC, the Iliad is among the oldest extant works of Western literature, along with the Odyssey, another epic poem attributed to Homer which tells of Odysseus's experiences after the events of the Iliad.
The Iliad ( / ˈ ɪ l i ə d/ Ancient Greek: Ἰλιάς, romanized: Iliás, Attic Greek: sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer. Outcome: Greek victory, destruction of Troy
