This volume is intended to meet this hiatus and to
gather in a connected narrative the various scattered
members of a great story. Where several variations occur
in the account of a particular event, a number are cited
from which the reader can make his selection. The
events described in the Iliad are given in a degree pro-
portioned to the rest of the legend. As those events
only cover the space of a few days they form but a brief
although important portion of the legend, while to repeat
them at length here would be to reproduce the whole of
the Iliad, which is already accessible to all through nu-
merous excellent translations.

The second part of this volume includes a synopsis
of the stupendous controversy which has been waged
for ages regarding Troy and the origin of the Homeric
Poems. To this is added a sketch of the investigations
of Dr. Schliemann and other archæologists on the plains
of Troy.

The Greek names of the gods have been given instead
of the more familiar Latin terms, because the legend is al-
most wholly Greek and the character of some of the gods,
Aphrodité for example, differs somewhat in the Greek
and Latin mythology; Odysseus has also been substi-
tuted for Ulysses for similar reasons.

The long accepted Latin-English spelling of other
Greek proper names has been preserved.

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