The generations of men are like leaves on a tree, homer wrote in iliad book 6, and new versions of his poem have occupied many leaves and have required the felling of countless trees. Thus the trojans in the city scared like fawns wiped the sweatfrom off them and drank to quench their thirst leaning against thegoodly battlements. It must be said, though, that if mitchells translation is artful, it is frequently an art of subtraction. When and how were the iliad and theodyssey divided into songs. Achilles routs the trojans and splits their ranks, pursuing half of them into the river known to the gods as xanthus and to the mortals as. The iliad of homer by homer, translated by alexander pope book 22. The opinion that the book division of the iliad and the odyssey was imposed. Book xxii of a new complete english translation with hyper linked index. The quarrel between achilles and agamemnon in book 1 of homers iliad sets in motion a chain of events that will affect the tenth and final year of the legendary trojan war. If you would like to check your knowledge of book 22 from the iliad, use the quizworksheet combo.