* Epic poem attributed to Homer
* Composed around 8th century BC
* Focuses on the last weeks of the Trojan War, specifically the wrath of Achilles and the events that led to the fall of Troy
* Set in the 12th century BCE
* Focuses on the hero Odysseus and his return to Ithaca after the Trojan War
2. The Odyssey
* Epic poem attributed to Homer
* Composed around 8th century BC
* Tells the story of Odysseus' ten-year journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War
* Set in the 12th century BCE
Additional Early Greek Epics
* The Argonautica by Apollonius Rhodius
* The Thebaid by Statius
* The Dionysiaca by Nonnus
* The Achilleid by Statius
* The Metamorphoses by Ovid
* The Aeneid by Virgil