Librivox recording of the iliad of homer, by homer. Pdf downloads of all 1296 litcharts literature guides, and of every new one we publish. The iliad stands as the oldest work of european literature still in existence. The work focuses on a few weeks in the final year of the war. The iliad is an epic poem and part of the ancient greek oral tradition. Get the audible audiobook for the reduced price of. Information on the first book of the iliad of homer. Zeus calls all the gods together and forbids them to meddle any further in the war. Match the iliad by homer, read by stanley lombardo 12 cds. Anton lesser, one of britains finest audiobook stars, brings this great classic to life in the new and imaginative translation by ian johnston. Historians cannot agree where homer was born, whether he was blind, whether he wrote both the iliad and the odyssey, or. The great war epic of western literature, translated by acclaimed classicist robert fagles, and featured. Actually, when you download this app, the first book is only 32.
Download m4b 0112 220mb download m4b 24 2mb download cover art download cd case insert. Homer, iliad, book 5, line 1 perseus digital library. Voice over script calculator, words to time script. The foray of diomedes and odysseus is a foray behind enemy lines by men without scruples. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your. Homers iliad books 12 provided by the internet classics archive. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer. It is read by a number of different volunteer narrators at librivox and the quality sounds pretty good for each of them. At its center is achilles, the greatest warriorchampion of the greeks, and his refusal to fight after being humiliated by his leader, agamemnon.
According to the screenshot above, the first book of the iliad should be 45. In the tenth year of the trojan war, achilles, the greatest fighter for the achaeans the greeks and their allies, is enraged. The iliad dover thrift editions and over 8 million other books are available for amazon kindle. Homer s work focuses on a small period in that war. Humor in the iliad is most often associated with the gods but does occasionally show up among the humans, most often in connection with nestor. Dolon asks to be taken alive, and the achaeans use the opportunity to gather information from him. There are audiobooks on audible for both the iliad and the odyssey. Buy the iliad penguin classics new ed by homer, knox, bernard, knox, bernard, fagles, robert isbn. Buy the iliad penguin classics book online at low prices in india. Which version of the iliad by homer is the best on audible. In may 2008, irex technologies added a third installment to the iliad line of products, this time branded under the name iliad book edition. The iliad homer translated by samuel butler homer 800 bc an ionian poet. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position.
His audiobook has no introduction, but after the poem a professor reads a section of the iliad in the exotic original greek. Perhaps the greatest poem of the western world, the iliad tells the story of fifty critical days towards the end of the trojan. The poem is commonly dated to the 8th or 7th century bc, and many scholars believe it is the. An account, in the form of an epic poem written in dactylic hexameter, long thought to be pure greek mythology, of a bronzeage conflict between the greeks of sparta, and those of troy, in. The poem is commonly dated to the 8th or 7th century bc, and many. The fitzgerald translation is what im listening to right now and really enjoying it fagles is more recent, from the 90s and is the popular translation right now and most recommended to new readers. We do not know if it was the same author who wrote both. The iliad, together with the odyssey, is one of two ancient greek epic poems traditionally attributed to homer. The iliad depicts a roughly 3000yearold warrior culture based on men winning glory by fighting other men and stealing their possessions and enslaving their women, all while placating the touchy gods, though one can never avoid ones long ago decided fate. When you create a title profile on acx, the length. Too many of the other audio recordings appear to be rather looser, and some are of pretty horrid flat prose.
Its supreme importance in greek literature slowly permeated to the rest of the western. Homers dark meditation features the rage and regret of achilles during the trojan war, at the siege of ilium. Homers audience was an illiterate culture, and homer himself was most likely illiterate. Librivox recording of homers iliad translated by samuel butler, read by librivox volunteers. Even the heroic ethic itselfwith its emphasis on pride, honor, prowess in battle, and submission to the inexorable will of the godsis not left unquestioned. The iliad is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters, traditionally attributed to homer. The iliad and odyssey they form the bedrock of western literature and culture. Homer 9 th or 8 th century bc is the presumed author of the iliad and the odyssey, the two greatest epic poems of ancient greece. Seriously, try the free sample at least and youll see what im talking about. Then he rides his chariot over to mount ida in the neighborhood of troy, just so he. In this brilliant translation, robert fagles brings the vigor of contemporary language to homers 2,700yearold story of the trojan war. Reading length provides a calculation for the word count of this book, find out how long it will take you to read. This is the iliad version 2 without wifi and a new.
The iliad at the iliad, together with the odyssey, is one of two ancient greek epic poems traditionally attributed to homer. I dont get paid for any of my channels content and it takes a very long time to make audio book. Script timer words to time calculator convert the length of your script to the time it will take to read it. The iliad is purportedly written by the blind poet homer some time during the eighth century bc. The events in book x are still violent, but there is no honor or nobility to offset the brutality. The iliad audiobook by homer, read by alfred molina. Every chapter in the audiobook is introduced by susan sarandon. To repay the indignity chryses has suffered, apollo, the mouse god, rains arrows of plague on the greek forces for 9 days. The language is just a bit modernized so the flow of the narration is awesome. Book i sing, o goddess, the anger of achilles son of peleus, that brought countless ills. The start of book 4 of homers the iliad shows the gods sitting around, enjoying refreshments, and watching the simmering tension between the trojans and the greeks down below.