On the plain between the Greek fleet and the Trojan walls, Heroes clash in a decade of epic contests.

Homer's classical poem "Illiad", recomposed as prose for Children. The events of the story occur over several weeks in the 10th and final year of the war.

CONTENTS:

1. Sulky Achilles
2. Menelaus and Paris
3. General Agamemnon
4. The Deeds of Diomed
5. Diomed and Glaucus become Friends
6. Hector and Andromache
7. The Fatal Gifts
8. The Thunder-Storm
9. Old Nestor's Advice
10. The Night Adventure of Ulysses and Diomed
11. The Battle goes against the Greeks
12. The Conflict at the Wall
13. The Death of Patroclus
14. The Fight around the Body of Patroclus
15. Achilles and his New Armor
16. The Reconciliation of Achilles and Agamemnon
17. The Exploits of Achilles
18. The Death of Hector
19. The Funeral Rites of Patroclus
20. Hector's Body ransomed and buried
21. The End of the Siege

Walter Montgomery was a writer for the Estes & Lauriat publishers of Boston in the late 1800's. He edited several children's books including The Boys of the Sierras, Stories of the French Revolution, and Tales of Ancient Troy.