Iliad [sound recording] / by Homer ; translation by Ian Johnston.

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ISBN:

9789626344286

Personal Author:

Homer

Edition:

Unabridged.

Publication Information:

Franklin, TN : Naxos AudioBooks Ltd., 2006.

Physical Description:

13 sound discs (16:33:30 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Contents:

Quarrel by the ships -- Agamemnon's dream and the catalogue of ships -- Paris, Menelaus and Helen -- Armies clash -- Diomedes goes to battle -- Hector & Andromache -- Hector & Ajax -- Trojans have success -- Peace offerings to Achilles -- Night raid -- Achaeans face disaster -- Fight at the barricade -- Trojans attack the ships -- Zeus deceived -- Battle at the ships -- Patroclus fights & dies -- Achilles returns to battle -- Achilles fights the river -- Death of Hector -- Funeral games for Patroclus -- Achilles & Priam.

Summary:

"One of the greatest poems of the Western world, the Iliad tells the story of fifty critical days towards the end of the Trojan war. Achilles has quarrelled with Agamemnon and sulks in his tent while Hector brings his Trojans to the brink of victory; but fate will have he last word.While the heros fight before the walls of Troy the gods have also drawn up battle lines, and it is their disagreements as much as the heros' efforts which will decide the conflict. " -- on container.

Personal Subject:

Achilles (Mythological character)-Poetry

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Added Author:

Johnston, Ian, 1930-2001

Lesser, Anton