A retelling of the Iliad that downplays the role of gods and delves into the mindsets of mortal heroes. As bombs fall over a Greek village during World War II, a teacher takes her students to a cave for shelter. There she tells them about another war, when the Greeks besieged Troy.

In the Port City of Aulis, Greece 1190 BCE, the Greek fleet of a thousand ships, assembled for the attack on Troy, lies becalmed. In the forest groves consecrated to the Goddess Artemis which clothe the hills above the port, a sacred stag and a young priestess lie dead. Superstitious soldiers believe that the outraged Goddess will not release the winds until the man who killed them is unmasked and sacrifices a child of his own in revenge. The soldiers...

Retells, in graphic novel format, Homer's epic tale of the war between Greece and the city of Troy, focusing on Achilles' quarrel with Agamemnon.

A retelling of the events of the Trojan War and the wanderings of Odysseus based on Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.