Homer Box Set: Iliad & Odyssey Audiobook by Homer, W. H. D. Rouse - translator

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/49/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Homer Box Set: Iliad & Odyssey Author: Homer, W. H. D. Rouse - translator Narrator: Anthony Heald Format: Unabridged Length: 25 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 12-14-12 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 918 votes Genres: Classics, Greek & Roman Publisher's Summary: Homers Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature. Though more than 2,700 years old, their stories of brave heroics, capricious gods, and towering human emotions are vividly timeless. The Iliad can justly be called the worlds greatest war epic. The terrible and long-drawn-out siege of Troy remains one of the classic campaigns, the heroism and treachery of its combatants unmatched in song and story. Driven by fierce passions and loyalties, men and gods battle to a devastating conclusion. The Odyssey chronicles the many trials and adventures Odysseus must pass through on his long journey home from the Trojan wars to his beloved wife. Though the stormy god of the ocean has sworn vengeance against him, and witches and sirens try to lure him off course, Odysseus is clever and has the brilliant goddess Athena on his side. Homer (9th or 8th century B.C.) is the presumed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, the two greatest epic poems of ancient Greece. Virtually nothing is known about his life. Tradition has it that he was blind. Most scholars believe he composed the Iliad and the Odyssey by relying on oral traditions. Their value lies chiefly in the poetry itself, moving from sublime passages about the gods and heroic exploits to passages expressing deep human emotion. Critic Reviews: "The best translation of Homer that I have ever read is by W. H. D. Rouse." (Dudley Fitts)