Questions tagged [iliad]

For questions about a Greek epic attributed to Homer, about the Trojan War.

See also the tag for another epic by Homer about the Trojan War.

The Project Gutenberg translation can be found here.

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What does "ox-eyed" mean in the Iliad?

Hera is called "ox-eyed," and there is another question here which discusses that. The answer there is that Hera is associated with cows. But there is also a mention of another ox-eyed character in Book 3: Speaking so the goddess left in her heart…