Iliad & Odyssey (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Complete Edition with Introduction by Gilbert Murray and the History of MythologyBy Homer, Gilbert Murray
Length31h 22m
About this audiobook
Bringing together the Iliad and the Odyssey, this volume presents the foundational epics of Greek literature as a vast meditation on war, honor, suffering, homecoming, and the fragile negotiations between mortals and gods. Its range encompasses martial grandeur, intimate lament, heroic boast, domestic recognition, and mythic adventure, moving from the wrath that devastates Troy to the long, testing return to Ithaca. Episodes such as the meeting of Priam and Achilles and the encounters of Odysseus with enchantresses, monsters, and the dead remain central to the Western literary imagination. Homer's poems emerge from an archaic oral tradition in which memory, performance, and communal identity shaped narrative art. Gilbert Murray, a major classical scholar and interpreter of Greek culture, helps frame these works for modern readers within the broader humanistic inheritance of antiquity. Together, poet and mediator illuminate the ethical, political, and spiritual concerns that animated early Greek epic and continue to inform later tragedy, history, philosophy, and literature. Readers seeking an essential encounter with classical epic will find in Iliad & Odyssey an unusually rich double vision: the catastrophe of war and the arduous restoration of household and self. This volume offers education, imaginative breadth, and enduring dialogue between two complementary masterpieces.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
Audiobook details
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GenrePoetry, Literary Classics
Length31 hrs 22 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 28, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Iliad & Odyssey (Annotated)
26BOOK XXII
2Introduction
27BOOK XXIII
3Historical Context
28BOOK XXIV
4Synopsis (Selection)
29Odyssey
5BOOK I
30BOOK I.
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6BOOK II
31BOOK II.
7BOOK III
32BOOK III.
8BOOK IV
33BOOK IV.
9BOOK V
34BOOK V.
10BOOK VI
35BOOK VI.
11BOOK VII
36BOOK VII.
12BOOK VIII
37BOOK VIII.
13BOOK IX
38BOOK IX.
14BOOK X
39BOOK X.
15BOOK XI
40BOOK XI.
16BOOK XII
41BOOK XII.
17BOOK XIII
42BOOK XIII.
18BOOK XIV
43BOOK XIV.
19BOOK XV
44BOOK XV.
20BOOK XVI
45BOOK XVI.
21BOOK XVII
46BOOK XVII.
22BOOK XVIII
47BOOK XVIII.
23BOOK XIX
48BOOK XIX.
24BOOK XX
49BOOK XX.
25BOOK XXI
50BOOK XXI.
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