<p>Achilles, Thetis, and sea-nymphs lament the heroes’ death; Achilles rescues Patróklos’ body; at Thetis’ request, Hephaistos makes arms for her son, including an elaborate shield.</p>

Achilles, Thetis, and sea-nymphs lament the heroes’ death; Achilles rescues Patróklos’ body; at Thetis’ request, Hephaistos makes arms for her son, including an elaborate shield.

Iliad Book 18

Rodney Merrill reads the Iliad in his translation. In the Afterword he introduces the poem and explains his use of a strict dactylic-hexameter meter like that of the ancient oral epic. The book itself, published by the University of Michigan Press, may be previewed on the press's website at https://press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-Iliad.
Translated and read by Rodney Merrill
Recorded by James Ward, Live Oak Studio, Berkeley, California
Uploaded by Nathan Levine
Copyright © by the University of Michigan 2007
All rights reserved

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Rodney Merrill reads the Iliad in his translation. In the Afterword he introduces the poem and explains his use of a strict dactylic-hexameter meter like that of the ancient oral epic. The book itself, published by the University of Michigan Press, may be previewed on the press's website at https://press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-Iliad. Translated and read by Rodney Merrill Recorded by James Ward, Live Oak Studio, Berkeley, California Uploaded by Nathan Levine Copyright © by the University of Michigan 2007 All rights reserved

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