The Iliad (Mitchell Translation) - Homer by Stephen Mitchell, Homer
Length: 16 hrs and 3 mins Release date: 10-26-18 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc., Originally released 10-11-11 by Simon & Schuster The power and the beauty of The Iliad resound again across 2,700 years in Stephen Mitchells exciting new translation, as if the lifeblood of its heroes Achilles and Patroclus, Hector and Priam flowed in every word. And we are there with them amid the horror and ecstasy of war, carried along by a poetry that lifts even the most devastating human events into the realm of the beautiful., Critics reviews.Stephen Mitchells magnificent new translation of the Iliad reminds us that there is always a new and different way to read and interpret the great classics, and that they need to be reinvigorated from generation to generation, just as we need to be reminded that they are, however venerated, above all stories: exciting, full of life and great characters, in short great entertainment, not just great monuments of culture or the Western canon. Mr. Mitchell has ac
Classic
The Iliad (Mitchell Translation) - Homer
Stephen Mitchell, Homer
Category: Classic
Tags: Classic, Literature, Adults
Length: 16 hrs and 3 mins Release date: 10-26-18 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc., Originally released 10-11-11 by Simon & Schuster The power and the beauty of The Iliad resound again across 2,700 years in Stephen Mitchells exciting new translation, as if the lifeblood of its heroes Achilles and Patroclus, Hector and Priam flowed in every word. And we are there with them amid the horror and ecstasy of war, carried along by a poetry that lifts even the most devastating human events into the realm of the beautiful., Critics reviews.Stephen Mitchells magnificent new translation of the Iliad reminds us that there is always a new and different way to read and interpret the great classics, and that they need to be reinvigorated from generation to generation, just as we need to be reminded that they are, however venerated, above all stories: exciting, full of life and great characters, in short great entertainment, not just great monuments of culture or the Western canon. Mr. Mitchell has ac
