THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER contains the two great epic poems attributed to ancient Greek poet Homer. The ILIAD tells of the events of the Trojan War, a ten-year conflict between allied Greek states and the Trojans of Asia Minor. The ODYSSEY is in part a sequel to the ILIAD, which tells of the adventures of the Greek hero Odysseus as he seeks his homeland after the end of the Trojan War.