The Iliad
The Iliad of Homer

The Iliad of Homer

Homer, translated by Samuel Butler

The Iliad by Homer is an epic of poem over 15,000 lines that recounts the conflict between Agamemnon, the man of power, and Achilles, the genius of war, over a period of several weeks. Their contretemps is set within the larger tale of the ten year Trojan War, and is told in flashbacks and flash-forwards; by the end the poem has told a more or less complete story of the war. No television min-series has anything on this epic poem. The story is utterly human and has resonated down the centuries. There’s the ugly man of power, selfish, greedy, entitled and obsessed. There’s the young, beautiful star, burdened with greatness and by the false power of a man without merit. The authentic versus the phony - the same old story.

The Iliad was composed sometime between 760 and 710 B.C., and together with The Odyssey is considered the first great work of western literature. “Composed” is the correct word because The Iliad was passed down by oral tradition. The teacher recited it, the students repeated it and memorized it – all of it. There’s a story, apocryphal or not, that around 700 B.C., a virtual riot broke out when some upstart in the Academy proposed to write it all down, because the older, wiser men believed transcription would destroy the Greek facility for memorization, not to mention the silencing of the sound of the poetry itself. This reading returns this epic to the manner of presentation in force at the time. (Summary by Michael Hogan)

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Product Details

Read by: Multiple readers
Length: 14 hours 22 minutes
Type: Collaborative reading
Media: MP3 CD
Package: DVD box
Item No.: DB-1012
EAN: 0684758935977
List Price: $11.99

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Book Coordinator: Kirsten Ferreri
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Artwork
Cover: “Achilles Triumphant” fresco on the upper level of the main hall of the Achilleion at Corfu, Greece by Franz von Match.
DVD Inset: Bust of Homer from the British Museum
DVD Insert background image: Engraved frontispiece of a 1660 edition of Homer’s The Iliad translated into English by John Ogilby.

The Recordings

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The Recordings

These recordings were made using the author’s original published work, which is in the public domain. The readings were recorded by members of Librivox.org, which has generously made the recordings available to the public domain. While Librivox condones the sale and distribution of these recordings, it is not associated with the management or operations of MP3 Audiobook Classics. The audio files have been edited and engineered using professional audio tools for maximum sonic quality. We spend considerable time and effort to ensure the recordings are free of noise, equalized for maximum listener pleasure, and that tracks are leveled and normalized to provide a consistent listening experience.

Table of Contents

Track Section Reader Length
1 01 - The Quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon Joshua B. Christensen 32:29
2 02 - Agammemnon's Dream ML Cohen 43:49
3 03 - Paris Challenges Menelaus heyfd 23:50
4 04 - A Quarrel in Olympus hugh mac 28:32
5 05 - The exploits of Diomed Joshua B. Christensen 46:09
6 06 - Hector and Andromache Kirsten Ferrari 26:35
7 07 - Hector and Ajax Fight hugh mac 24:01
8 08 - The Victory of the Trojans Mark F. Smith 33:44
9 09 - The Embassy to Achilles Michael Hellein 38:39
10 10 - Ulysses and Diomed go out as Spies Anna Simon 31:25
11 11 - Agamemnon's Day of Glory Pete Darby 52:40
12 12 - The Trojans Break the Wall ML Cohen 23:55
13 13 - Neptune helps the Achaeans ML Cohen 41:03
14 14 - Agamemnon Proposes that the Achaeans Should Sail Home Kelly Dougherty 34:22
15 15 - Apollo Heals Hector Kevin LaVergne 48:39
16 16 - Patroclus fights in the armor of Achilles Brad Powers 48:59
17 17 - The Light around the Body of Patroclus ML Cohen 35:25
18 18 - The Shield of Achilles Anna Simon 34:23
19 19 - Achilles Goes Out to Fight Gesine 26:04
20 20 - Achilles fights Aeneas entr0p3te 30:11
21 21 - Achilles Drives the Trojans Back Leon Mire 36:31
22 22 - The death of Hector ML Cohen 30:33
23 23 - The Funeral Games of Patroclus M?ns Broo 49:19
24 24 - Priam Ransoms Hector's Body ontheroad 43:56

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