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
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)
40BOOK XI.
2Introduction
41BOOK XII.
3Historical Context
42BOOK XIII.
4Synopsis (Selection)
43BOOK XIV.
5BOOK I
44BOOK XV.
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6BOOK II
45BOOK XVI.
7BOOK III
46BOOK XVII.
8BOOK IV
47BOOK XVIII.
9BOOK V
48BOOK XIX.
10BOOK VI
49BOOK XX.
11BOOK VII
50BOOK XXI.
12BOOK VIII
51BOOK XXII.
13BOOK IX
52BOOK XXIII.
14BOOK X
53BOOK XXIV.
15BOOK XI
54The Greek Mythology in the Works of Homer by Jane Harrison
16BOOK XII
55THE GODS OF HOMER'S OLYMPUS
17BOOK XIII
56ZEUS (JOVE, JUPITER)
18BOOK XIV
57HERA
19BOOK XV
58ATHENA (MINERVA)
20BOOK XVI
59APHRODITE (VENUS)
21BOOK XVII
60ARTEMIS (DIANA)
22BOOK XVIII
61APOLLO (PHŒBUS)
23BOOK XIX
62ARES (MARS)
24BOOK XX
63POSEIDON (NEPTUNE)
25BOOK XXI
64THE MOTHER OF THE GODS
26BOOK XXII
65DEMETER AND PERSEPHONE (CERES AND PROSERPINE)
27BOOK XXIII
66DIONYSOS
28BOOK XXIV
67EROS
29Odyssey
68Literary Study of Homer by Gilbert Murray
30BOOK I.
69INTRODUCTORY
31BOOK II.
70THE LEGENDARY POETS
32BOOK III.
71THE HOMERIC POEMS
33BOOK IV.
72ILIAD AND ODYSSEY: THE PANATHENAIC RECITATION
34BOOK V.
73THE EPIC LANGUAGE
35BOOK VI.
74THE SUBJECT-MATTER OF HOMER
36BOOK VII.
75CRITERIA OF AGE
37BOOK VIII.
76Analysis
38BOOK IX.
77Reflection
39BOOK X.
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