The Iliad & The Odyssey (Unabridged) The Iliad & The Odyssey (Unabridged)

The Iliad & The Odyssey (Unabridged‪)‬

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Publisher Description

The Iliad and The Odyssey are epic poems traditionally attributed to Homer, of which the written versions are dated to the 8th century BCE. Chronicling events in the Greek Bronze Age, this magnificent pair of poems forms the cornerstone of Western literature. 

If The Iliad is a classic war story, The Odyssey is symbolic of the individual’s journey through life. Achilles is the main hero of The Iliad which describes the final stage of the Trojan War, a conflict between a coalition of Greek city states and the city of Troy in Anatolia. The cause of the war was the kidnapping of Helen, wife of the King of Sparta, by the Trojan prince Paris. 

Longer and more complex than The Iliad, The Odyssey deals with the struggle of the hero Odysseus to return home to his island of Ithaca after the war. He faces and escapes numerous perils on the voyage, like the spell of a nymph, an intoxicating plant, a one-eyed killer giant, a hideous sea monster and the deadly sirens whose songs lure sailors to death. When Odysseus finally gets back to Ithaca, he faces a further struggle to reclaim his home.

GENRE
Classics
NARRATOR
AG
Andrea Giordani
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
29:39
hr min
RELEASED
2019
December 3
PUBLISHER
MuseumAudiobooks.com
PRESENTED BY
Audible.com
SIZE
1.3
GB

Customer Reviews

ya boi neal ,

Horrible and hard to follow translation.

It seems like they translated from greek to Latin to English maybe around the late 1600’s and it’s ruined the story telling and flow as well as swapping all the Greek god names for the Roman versions. If I could get a refund I would as I had to buy a different translation.

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