The Iliad


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(3.8 stars; 61 reviews)

The Iliad, together with the Odyssey, is one of two ancient Greek epic poems traditionally attributed to Homer. The poem is commonly dated to the 8th or 7th century BC, and many scholars believe it is the oldest extant work of literature in the Greek language, making it the first work of European literature. The existence of a single author for the poems is disputed as the poems themselves show evidence of a long oral tradition and hence, multiple authors. The poem concerns events during the tenth and final year in the siege of the city of Iliun, or Troy, by the Greeks. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline.)

(14 hr 29 min)

Chapters

Book I: The quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon 32:41 Read by Joshua B. Christensen
Book II: Agamemnon's dream 44:16 Read by ML Cohen
Book III: Paris challenges Menelaus 24:06 Read by hefyd
Book IV: A quarrel in Olympus 28:39 Read by hugh mac
Book V: The exploits of Diomed 46:24 Read by Joshua B. Christensen
Book VI: Hector and Andromache 26:41 Read by Kirsten Ferreri
Book VII: Hector and Ajax fight 24:13 Read by hugh mac
Book VIII: The victory of the Trojans 33:54 Read by Mark F. Smith
Book IX: The embassy to Achilles 38:59 Read by Michael Hellein
Book X: Ulysses and Diomed go out as spies 31:33 Read by Anna Simon
Book XI: Agamemnon's day of glory 52:49 Read by Pete Darby
Book XII: The Trojans break the wall 24:03 Read by ML Cohen
Book XIII: Neptune helps the Achaeans 41:19 Read by ML Cohen
Book XIV: Agamemnon proposes retreat 34:36 Read by Kelly Dougherty
Book XV: Apollo heals Hector 48:49 Read by Kevin LaVergne
Book XVI: Patroclus fights in the armor of Achilles 49:09 Read by Brad Powers
Book XVII: The light around the body of Patroclus 35:43 Read by ML Cohen
Book XVIII: The shield of Achilles 34:34 Read by Anna Simon
Book XIX: Achilles goes out to fight 26:11 Read by Gesine
Book XX: Achilles fights Aeneas 30:13 Read by entr0p3te
Book XXI: Achilles drives the Trojans back 36:39 Read by Leon Mire
Book XXII: The death of Hector 30:40 Read by ML Cohen
Book XXIII: The funeral games of Patroclus 49:28 Read by Måns Broo
Book XXIV: Priam ransoms Hector's body 44:04 Read by ontheroad

Reviews

Epic Story

(4 stars)

Having first completed Homer's "The Odyssey", this tale gives greater scope to the time period of its creation and really lets the reader experience the battles on a personal level. But man is it long! ( laughing as I realize the truth of it ) I was clean shaven when I started.... where'd this " ZZ TOP" beard come from?

one of he greatest books ever

(5 stars)

Really really good. I recommended it to all!

(5 stars)

ML Cohen, I really enjoyed the chapters you read. You have a nice voice. All others, you did well too

Iliad

(4 stars)

Overall this was very well done. However, a few chapters were read poorly. ML Cohen was, by far, the best narrator! I highly recommend this book.

(5 stars)

I really enjoyed listening to this book. Thank you and well done to all the readers.

the illiad

(3.5 stars)

1st read this as a kid was interested mainly because. my name is troy. however it opened me up to a whole new world that has facinated me ever since this reading like most interpretations of this work is written as if the charecters are speaking to eachother in archaic English id love to see a translation into modern english and a curbing of the use of of the anoucement of patronage when the charecters speak to eachother. also id like to see a version by 1 strong reader

great story but would prefer greek names over roman

(2 stars)

Roman??

(2 stars)

Great story, but this is a Greek tale and it is featuring Roman gods . What? this greatly detracts from the overall experience , I personally feel. Also only ancient or at least centuries old books are available for free. If you could get credits for listening a certain number of hours or minutes and you can save up on credits to equal a certain amount of money that you can only use on LibriVox for more recent books. (This would also help LibriVox get to 5 stars, BTW). Also, it can B difficult 2 understand when different people pronounce it differently.