Quote Originally Posted by theoldbelgian View Post
I think the Iliad was the story of the siege of troy and Ajax killed himself during that
the odyssey is basically the story after that about the journey home of Odysseus( boy was he one lousy map reader)
Yeah that's true althought the Illias is about the wrath of Achilles and is situated in 40 days of the Trojan war. The Odyssey is about the quest of Odysseus on his way home after the Trojan war.