The Iliad - Homer, Caroline Alexander
Category: Classic
Narrator: Dominic Keating
Tags: Classic, Literature
Duration: 19 hrs and 46 mins, [Translated by Caroline Alexander], Composed around 730 BC, Homers Iliad recounts the events of a few momentous weeks in the protracted 10-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., ******, Note: I havent had the opportunity to check out this translation. I happened upon on it and decided to upload here. Perhaps someone who has read it could le
