Christopher Louge’s WAR MUSIC, is books 1-4 and 16-19of the Iliad. All the action, pathos, rage, and depth, without a lot of the lists. Most amazing alive translation I’ve read (and I’ve read a lot of them), very modern. Sadly, Louge died before he completed his full translation. https://www.amazon.com/War-Music-Account-Books-Homers/dp/0226491900