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The Iliad

By: Homer, Robert Fagles - translator, Bernard Knox - introduction notes
Narrated by: Vidish Athavale
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This translation of The Iliad equals Fitzgerald's earlier Odyssey in power and imagination. It recreates the original action as conceived by Homer, using fresh and flexible blank verse that is both lyrical and dramatic.

* This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF containing Notes on the Translation and Suggestions for Further Reading from the book.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

Public Domain (P)2025 Penguin Audio Ancient, Classical & Medieval Literature Classics Epic Poetry Themes & Styles

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“Fitzgerald has solved virtually every problem that has plagued translators of Homer. The narrative runs, the dialogue speaks, the military action is clear, and the repetitive epithets become useful text rather than exotic relics.”–Atlantic Monthly

“Fitzgerald’s swift rhythms, bright images, and superb English make Homer live as never before…This is for every reader in our time and possibly for all time.”–Library Journal

“[Fitzgerald’s Odyssey and Iliad] open up once more the unique greatness of Homer’s art at the level above the formula; yet at the same time they do not neglect the brilliant texture of Homeric verse at the level of the line and the phrase.”–The Yale Review

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The Fagles translation is my favorite. I have compared lots of translations, and Fagles is the most active and vigorous, the one that holds my attention the best. The reader of this audiobook, Vidish Athavale, is also very good. He reads lines of dialogue as if they are being spoken, with affect, in character. And this combined with the vigorous translation makes for a captivating listen.

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