Carnage in the Iliad

If it's graphic violence you want the Iliad has it covered in spades. The battle descriptions are about as visceral as it can get:

"Antilochus thrust first, speared the horsehair helmet
right at the ridge, and the bronze spearpoint lodged
in the man's forehead, smashing through his skull
and the dark came whirling down across his eyes--"

"the spearhead punched his back between the shoulders,
gouging his flesh and jutting out through his ribs--"

"flailed with a sword, slashed the Trojan's shoulder
and lopped away the massive bulk of Hypesonor's arm..."

"One he stabbed with a bronze lance above the nipple,
the other his heavy sword hacked at the collarbone,
right on the shoulder, cleaving the whole shoulder
clear of neck and back. "

It would seem Steven Spielberg didn't invent realism in the portrayal of war. What was different in Homer's day was that the combatants fought face to face, hand to hand.