The Iliad (Richmond Lattimore translation) - Homer

Category: Adults, Classic, Literature
Language: English
Keywords: Ancient Greek Classical

Written by Homer
Read by Charles Griffin
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 64 Kbps

This translation comes highly recommended by my classical literature buff friend.

Copyright: 2009
Audiobook Copyright: 2009
Publisher: Audio Connoisseur
Duration: 22 hours, 6 minutes, 47 seconds
Chapters: 25

Book Description
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As you listen to this great work, you feel yourself to be in the presence of a grandeur that suffuses the very air. There is no question that the poet, whether his name was Homer or not, was one of the supreme artists of all time and all civilizations. But this wonderful piece of poetry is not merely a catalog of events of the Trojan War. Specifically, the poem deals with the bitter dispute between Achilles and Agamemnon, and how the Greeks were almost destroyed by their hubris. Hovering about, the Olympian gods watch the unfolding events with keen interest, sometimes lending help and encouragement on one hand, or spreading fear and hatred on the other.