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.