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