An Iliad

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Alessandro Baricco. An Iliad

CONTENTS

A NOTE ON THE TEXT

CHRYSEIS

THERSITES

HELEN

PANDARUS • AENEAS

AENEAS

PANDARUS

AENEAS

THE NURSE

NESTOR

ACHILLES

DIOMEDES • ODYSSEUS. DIOMEDES

ODYSSEUS

DIOMEDES

ODYSSEUS

DIOMEDES

ODYSSEUS

DIOMEDES

ODYSSEUS

DIOMEDES

ODYSSEUS

DIOMEDES

ODYSSEUS

DIOMEDES

ODYSSEUS

DIOMEDES

ODYSSEUS

DIOMEDES

ODYSSEUS

DIOMEDES

PATROCLUS

SARPEDON • TELAMONIAN AJAX • HECTOR. SARPEDON

AJAX

SARPEDON

AJAX

SARPEDON

AJAX

SARPEDON

AJAX

AJAX

SARPEDON

AJAX

SARPEDON

AJAX

SARPEDON

AJAX

SARPEDON

AJAX

SARPEDON

HECTOR

PHOENIX

ANTILOCHUS

AGAMEMNON

THE RIVER

ANDROMACHE

PRIAM

DEMODOCUS

ANOTHER KIND OF BEAUTY: NOTE ON WAR

A NOTE ON THE TYPE

About the Author

ALSO BY ALESSANDRO BARICCO

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PANDARUS • AENEAS

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Then Agamemnon answered, ‘Go if you want, I won’t beg you to stay. Others will gain honour at my side. I don’t like you, Achilles: you love quarrel, strife, war. You’re strong, it’s true, but that’s a gift. Leave, go home and rule in your own house. You are nothing to me, and I’m not afraid of your anger. Let me tell you this: I will send Chryseis back to her father, on my ship, with my men. But then I’ll come to your tent and take for myself the beautiful Briseis, your prize, so that you’ll know who is the stronger, and all men will learn to fear me.’

Thus he spoke. And it was as if he had struck Achilles a blow to the heart. And the son of Peleus was about to unsheathe his sword and certainly would have killed Agamemnon if at the last minute he had not mastered his fury and stopped his hand on the silver hilt. He looked at Agamemnon and in a rage said:

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