The Iliad by Homer is a magnificent war epic that narrates the events of 51 days during the tenth year of the third expedition of the Mycenaeans of the Bronze Age against Troy and its allies.

According to Greek mythology, there were a total of three Trojan Wars - three aggressive campaigns against the confederated kingdom of Troy, in northwestern Asia Minor, aimed at the strongest city, Troy. The last and most significant operation became known in the collective memory of humanity as the Trojan War, serving as the starting point of the Iliad by Homer.

According to Apollodorus, the last and most significant Trojan War - which began when the Trojan prince Paris abducted the queen of Sparta, Helen - was the result of the will of the king of the gods, Zeus, to bring about a conflict between Europe and Asia, to glorify beautiful Helen, and to elevate the lineage of the demigod heroes who participated in it.

[Excerpt from the introduction of the edition]