The Iliad, rewritten & adapted into a new audio drama by George Weidman. Headphones recommended.

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Mastering by F1NG3RS

00:00 Book Four: Invisible Archer Pandarus

31:39 Commentary: Archers in Homer's time

34:53 Stripping the armor

36:21 Protecting the dead

37:55 The story of Simoeisios

40:39 This episode's artifact: Colorized Trojan archer from Aphaia

42:47 Musician credits & Patreon epithets

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The Iliad, rewritten & adapted into a new audio drama by George Weidman. Headphones recommended.

Support the project here and listen to your own glorious heroic epithet: http://www.patreon.com/superbunnyhop

Music & sound from Epidemic Sound: http://www.epidemicsound.com/

Mastering by F1NG3RS

00:00 Book Three: Helen, Lady of Haunting

26:39 Commentary: Historical Oddities of Book 3

31:35 Sexism in The Iliad & Ancient Greece

35:42 Ableism in The Iliad

39:33 This episode’s artifact: Plaster Face of Mycenaean Woman

41:14 Musician credits

41:23 Patreon epithets

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The Iliad, rewritten & adapted into a new audio drama by George Weidman. Headphones recommended.

Support the project here and listen to your own glorious heroic epithet: http://www.patreon.com/superbunnyhop

Music & sound from Epidemic Sound: http://www.epidemicsound.com/

Mastering by F1NG3RS

00:00 Book Two: The Hymn of Achean Formations

29:39 Commentary: Introduction to The Iliad

35:07 The divine right to rule

37:52 Details on late bronze-age collapse

40:26 The Iliad's connection to development of democracy

45:05 Agamemnon's dream & Homer's dramatic irony

47:49 The connection between the Greek gods & human psychology

52:14 The Catalog of Ships

54:24 This episode's artifact: Mycenaean Warrior Vase

55:15 Thanks, acknowledgements, music credits

55:37 Heroic Patron epithets

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The Iliad, rewritten & adapted into a new audio drama by George Weidman. Headphones recommended.

Support the project here and listen to your own glorious heroic epithet: http://www.patreon.com/superbunnyhop

Music & sound from Epidemic Sound: http://www.epidemicsound.com/

Mastering by F1NG3RS

00:00 Book One: Smoldering Deserter Achilles

36:15 Commentary: Introduction to The Iliad

38:57 Translators' word choices

41:19 Trojan War terminology & cycle

43:29 Homer and the Greek alphabet

44:43 Mycenaean Greece, Homer's setting

46:23 This episode's artifact: The Pylos Combat Agate

49:22 Thanks, acknowledgements, music credits

49:50 Heroic Patron Epithets

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