Audiobooks Unleashed's video: The Iliad by Homer rendered into english blank verse by Edward Earl of Derby

The Iliad, sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium, is an ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war, the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends about the siege; the earlier events, such as the gathering of warriors for the siege, the cause of the war, and related concerns tend to appear near the beginning. Then the epic narrative takes up events prophesied for the future, such as Achilles' imminent death and the fall of Troy, although the narrative ends before these events take place. However, as these events are prefigured and alluded to more and more vividly, when it reaches an end the poem has told a more or less complete tale of the Trojan War. The Iliad is paired with something of a sequel, the Odyssey, also attributed to Homer. Along with the Odyssey, the Iliad is among the oldest extant works of Western literature, and its written version is usually dated to around the 8th century BC. Recent statistical modelling based on language evolution gives a date of 760–710 BC. "The merits of Lord Derby's translation may be summed up in one word, it is eminently attractive; it is instinct with life; it may be read with fervent interest; it is immeasurably nearer than Pope to the text of the original. Lord Derby has given a version far more closely allied to the original, and superior to any that has yet been attempted in the blank verse of our language." - Edinburgh Review, January 1865. Preface - 00:00 Book 01. THE CONTENTION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON - 09:18 Book 02. THE TRIAL OF THE ARMY AND CATALOGUE OF THE FORCES - 1:08:43 Book 03. THE DUEL OF MENELAUS AND PARIS - 2:26:17 Book 04. THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE - 3:09:43 Book 05. THE ACTS OF DIOMED - 3:57:39 Book 06. THE EPISODES OF GLAUCUS AND DIOMED, AND OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE - 5:17:07 Book 07. THE SINGLE COMBAT OF HECTOR AND AJAX - 6:03:17 Book 08. THE SECOND BATTLE, AND THE DISTRESS OF THE GREEKS - 6:47:36 Book 09. THE EMBASSY TO ACHILLES - 7:38:20 Book 10. THE NIGHT ADVENTURE OF DIOMED AND ULYSSES - 8:41:47 Book 11. THE THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON - 9:32:04 Book 12. THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL - 10:50:14 Book 13. THE FOURTH BATTLE CONTINUED, IN WHICH NEPTUNE ASSISTS THE GREEKS. THE ACTS OF IDOMENEUS - 11:29:46 Book 14. JUNO DECEIVES JUPITER BY THE GIRDLE OF VENUS - 12:45:46 Book 15. THE FIFTH BATTLE, AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX - 13:33:11 Book 16. THE SIXTH BATTLE; THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS - 14:42:24 Book 17. THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.—THE ACTS OF MENELAUS - 16:01:22 Book 18. THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN - 17:07:28 Book 19. THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON - 18:02:33 Book 20. THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES - 18:40:55 Book 21. THE BATTLE IN THE RIVER SCAMANDER - 19:26:41 Book 22. THE DEATH OF HECTOR - 20:23:48 Book 23. FUNERAL GAMES IN HONOUR OF PATROCLUS - 21:12:44 Book 24. THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR - 22:36:01 Read by Michael Armenta (https://librivox.org/reader/6974)