Iliad Related Literature Texts
The Iliad
Related Fiction/Literature: Poems and Myths
1. Choose one of the fictional texts (poem/short story) below.
2. Read the text and look for references/allusions/similarities to either the setting, events, symbols, themes, characters, or motifs found in The Iliad.
3. Complete the Online Reading Literature Analysis Form for the text you selected.
- Reading Literature (RL) Standards and Support Material
- William Butler Yeats: "No Second Troy" Poem
- Christopher Marlowe's Poem "Was this the Face that Launched a Thousand Ships?"
- H.D.'s Poem "Helen"
- Tracy Mark's Poem "Helen's Lament"
- Edgar Allen Poe's Poem "To Helen"
- Margaret Atwood's Poem "Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing"
- Sara Teasdale's Poem "Helen of Troy"
- W.H. Auden's Poem "The Shield of Achilles"
- George Santayana's Poem "Before a Statue of Achilles"
- Carol Ann Duffy's Poem "Achilles- For David Beckham"
- Michael Longley's Poem "Ceasefire"
- Elizabeth Barret Browning's Poem "Hector and Andromache"
- Shakespeare: Hecuba Monologue from Hamlet
- Greek Myth: Apollo and Daphne
- Greek Myth: Hermes and Apollo
- Greek Myth: Achilles and the Trojan War
- Greek Myth: Athena
- Greek Myth: Hermes