The Iliad

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Synopsis

With her virtuoso translation, classicist and bestselling author Caroline Alexander brings to life Homer’s timeless epic of the Trojan War

Composed around 730 B.C., Homer’s Iliad recounts the events of a few momentous weeks in the protracted ten-year war between the invading Achaeans, or Greeks, and the Trojans in their besieged city of Ilion. From the explosive confrontation between Achilles, the greatest warrior at Troy, and Agamemnon, the inept leader of the Greeks, through to its tragic conclusion, The Iliad explores the abiding, blighting facts of war.

Soldier and civilian, victor and vanquished, hero and coward, men, women, young, old—The Iliad evokes in poignant, searing detail the fate of every life ravaged by the Trojan War. And, as told by Homer, this ancient tale of a particular Bronze Age conflict becomes a sublime and sweeping evocation of the destruction of war throughout the ages.

Carved close to the original Greek, acclaimed classicist Caroline Alexander’s new translation is swift and lean, with the driving cadence of its source—a translation epic in scale and yet devastating in its precision and power.

Chapters

  • 021 Iliados Sigma-Book Eighteen

    Duration: 45min
  • 022 Iliados Tau-Book Nineteen

    Duration: 31min
  • 023 Iliados Upsilon-Book Twenty

    Duration: 36min
  • 024 Iliados Phi-Book Twenty One

    Duration: 44min
  • 025 Iliados Chi-Book Twenty Two

    Duration: 37min
  • 026 Iliados Psi-Book Twenty Three

    Duration: 01h02min
  • 027 Iliados Omega-Book Twenty Four

    Duration: 57min
  • 028 Credits

    Duration: 01min
  • sample

    Duration: 01min
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