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
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001 The Iliad
Duration: 37s -
002 Introduction
Duration: 55min -
003 A Note On The Translation
Duration: 04min -
004 Iliados Alpha-Book One
Duration: 46min -
005 Illiados Beta-Book Two
Duration: 01h01min -
006 Iliados Gamma-Book Three
Duration: 33min -
007 Iliados Delta-Book Four
Duration: 39min -
008 Iliados Epsilon-Book Five
Duration: 01h05min -
009 Iliados Zeta-Book Six
Duration: 37min -
010 Iliados Eta-Book Seven
Duration: 35min -
011 Iliados Theta-Book Eight
Duration: 40min -
012 Iliados Iota-Book Nine
Duration: 52min -
013 Iliados Kappa-Book Ten
Duration: 40min -
014 Iliados Lambda-Book Eleven
Duration: 01h01min -
015 Iliados Mu-Book Twelve
Duration: 32min -
016 Iliados Nu-Book Thirteen
Duration: 59min -
017 Iliados Xi-Book Fourteen
Duration: 37min -
018 Iliados Omicron-Book Fifteen
Duration: 51min -
019 Iliados Pi-Book Sixteen
Duration: 01h33s -
020 Iliados Rho-Book Seventeen
Duration: 54min