The Iliad: Audiobooks

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Audio: Butler Translation

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Chapter listing and length:

PART 1:

01 -- The Quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon -- 00:32:41

Read by: Joshua B. Christensen

02 -- Agammemnon's Dream -- 00:44:16

Read by: ML Cohen

03 -- Paris Challenges Menelaus -- 00:24:06

Read by: hefyd

04 -- A Quarrel in Olympus -- 00:28:39

Read by: hugh mac

05 -- The exploits of Diomed -- 00:46:24

Read by: Joshua B. Christensen

06 -- Hector and Andromache -- 00:26:41

Read by: Kirsten Ferreri

07 -- Hector and Ajax Fight -- 00:24:13

Read by: hugh mac

08 -- The Victory of the Trojans -- 00:33:54

Read by: Mark F. Smith

09 -- The Embassy to Achilles -- 00:38:59

Read by: Michael Hellein

10 -- Ulysses and Diomed go out as Spies -- 00:31:33

Read by: Anna Simon

11 -- Agamemnon's Day of Glory -- 00:52:49

Read by: Pete Darby

12 -- The Trojans Break the Wall -- 00:24:03

Read by: ML Cohen

PART 2:

13 -- Neptune helps the Achaeans -- 00:41:19

Read by: ML Cohen

14 -- Agamemnon Proposes that the Achaeans Should Sail Home -- 00:34:36

Read by: Kelly Dougherty

15 -- Apollo Heals Hector -- 00:48:49

Read by: Kevin LaVergne

16 -- Patroclus fights in the armor of Achilles -- 00:49:09

Read by: Brad Powers

17 -- The Light around the Body of Patroclus -- 00:35:43

Read by: ML Cohen

18 -- The Shield of Achilles -- 00:34:34

Read by: Anna Simon

19 -- Achilles Goes Out to Fight -- 00:26:11

Read by: Gesine

20 -- Achilles fights Aeneas -- 00:30:13

Read by: entr0p3te

21 -- Achilles Drives the Trojans Back -- 00:36:39

Read by: Leon Mire

22 -- The death of Hector -- 00:30:40

Read by: ML Cohen

23 -- The Funeral Games of Patroclus -- 00:49:28

Read by: Måns Broo

24 -- Priam Ransoms Hector's Body -- 00:44:04

Read by: ontheroad

MAJOR CHARACTERS in "The Iliad" -

The Achaeans (Ἀχαιοί) — aka the Hellenes (Greeks), Danaans (Δαναοί), and Argives (Ἀργεĩοι). Agamemnon Achilles Odysseus Ajax the Greater Menelaus Diomedes Ajax the Lesser Patroclus Nestor

Trojans The Trojan men Hector Aeneas Deiphobus Paris Priam Polydamas Agenor — Sarpedon, son of Zeus Glaucus, son of Hippolochus Euphorbus Dolon Antenor Polydorus Pandarus The Trojan women Hecuba (Ἑκάβη, Hekabe) Helen (Ἑλένη) Andromache Cassandra Briseis

Gods The major deities: Zeus (Neutral) Hera (Achaeans) Artemis (Trojans) Apollo (Trojans) Hades (Neutral) Aphrodite (Trojans) Ares (Trojans) Athena (Achaeans) Hermes (Neutral) Poseidon (Achaeans) Hephaestus (Neutral) The minor deities: Eris (Trojans) Iris (Achaeans) Thetis (Achaeans) Leto (Trojans) Proteus (Achaeans) Scamander (Trojans) Phobos (Trojans) Deimos (Trojans)

Translated by Samuel Butler (1835-1902)

Total running time: 14:29:43

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Alexander Pope Translation

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