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Homer and His Iliad by Robin Lane Fox
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/665588 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Homer and His Iliad
Author: Robin Lane Fox
Narrator: Steve John Shepherd
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 16 hours 44 minutes
Release date: October 24, 2023
Genres: Ancient Civilizations
Publisher's Summary:
A groundbreaking reassessment of the Iliad, uncovering how the poem was written and why it remains enduringly powerful The Iliad is the world’s greatest epic poem—heroic battle and divine fate set against the Trojan War. Its beauty and profound bleakness are intensely moving, but great questions remain: Where, how, and when was it composed and why does it endure? Robin Lane Fox addresses these questions, drawing on a lifelong love and engagement with the poem. He argues for a place, a date, and a method for its composition—subjects of ongoing controversy—combining the detailed expertise of a historian with a poetic reader’s sensitivity. Lane Fox considers hallmarks of the poem; its values, implicit and explicit; its characters; its women; its gods; and even its horses. Thousands of readers turn to the Iliad every year. Drawing on fifty years of reading and research, Lane Fox offers us a breathtaking tour of this magnificent text, revealing why the poem has endured for ages.
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By thebookvoice.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/665588 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Homer and His Iliad
Author: Robin Lane Fox
Narrator: Steve John Shepherd
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 16 hours 44 minutes
Release date: October 24, 2023
Genres: Ancient Civilizations
Publisher's Summary:
A groundbreaking reassessment of the Iliad, uncovering how the poem was written and why it remains enduringly powerful The Iliad is the world’s greatest epic poem—heroic battle and divine fate set against the Trojan War. Its beauty and profound bleakness are intensely moving, but great questions remain: Where, how, and when was it composed and why does it endure? Robin Lane Fox addresses these questions, drawing on a lifelong love and engagement with the poem. He argues for a place, a date, and a method for its composition—subjects of ongoing controversy—combining the detailed expertise of a historian with a poetic reader’s sensitivity. Lane Fox considers hallmarks of the poem; its values, implicit and explicit; its characters; its women; its gods; and even its horses. Thousands of readers turn to the Iliad every year. Drawing on fifty years of reading and research, Lane Fox offers us a breathtaking tour of this magnificent text, revealing why the poem has endured for ages.