The Iliad
Homer, translated by Samuel Butler, 1898.
Before you read: Ancient war story with battles. Fine for older children.
In the tenth year of the Trojan War, the Greek hero Achilles quarrels with King Agamemnon and refuses to fight. Without him the Greeks start losing, until tragedy brings Achilles back for his duel with the Trojan prince Hector. Samuel Butler's clear prose translation.
Public-domain text. First published in 1898; Samuel Butler died in 1902, so this text is in the public domain in the US, Canada, the EU and India. Summary and notes written by ViralScopeHub.