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TheStoryoftheIliadHomer'sepicpoem,TheIlliad,isoneofthegreatestadventurestoriesofalltime.Init,theabductionofthelegendarybeauty,HelenofTroy,leadstoaconflictinwhicheventhegodsandgoddessestakesidesandintervene.ItisintheTrojanWarthatthemostvaliantheroesoftheancientworldarepittedagainstoneanother.HereHectore,Ajax,Achilles,andOdysseusmeettheirmostformidablechallengesandinsomecasastheirtragicends.RosemarySutcliffmakessuchextraordinarystoriesasthoseofthoseTrojanhorse,ofAphroditeandthegoldenapple,andofthefearsomewarriorwomenAmazons,accessibletocontemporaryyoungpeople.