Explore the Classics

Send a textThe Iliad by Homer, translated by Samuel Butler - Book 2The only license I have taken from the original translation is changing some of the Roman names to the Greek ones.Zeus sends a lying dream to Agamemnon, who thereon calls the chiefs in assembly, and proposes to sound the mind of his armyIn the end they march to fightCatalogue of the Achaean and Trojan forces.

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Send a textThe Iliad by Homer, translated by Samuel Butler - Book 1The only license I have taken from the original translation is changing some of the Roman names to the Greek ones.The quarrel between Agamemnon and AchillesAchilles withdraws from the war, and sends his mother Thetis to ask Zeus to help the TrojansScene between Zeus and Hera on Olympus.

Send a textIn our first episode we turn to St. Basil the Great to learn about why reading the great works of the past can help us in the formation of our character.