The Iliad of Homer, Rendered into English Blank Verse

Homer (c. 8th cen - c. 8th cen)
Translated by Edward Smith-Stanley (Earl of Derby) (1799 - 1869)

"It must equally be considered a splendid performance; and for the present we have no hesitation in saying that it is by far the best representation of Homer's Iliad in the English language." - London Times, 1865
"The merits of Lord Derby's translation may be summed up in one word, it is eminently attractive; it is instinct with life; it may be read with fervent interest; it is immeasurably nearer than Pope to the text of the original. Lord Derby has given a version far more closely allied to the original, and superior to any that has yet been attempted in the blank verse of our language." - Edinburgh Review, January 1865.

Genre(s): Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity), Free Verse

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface Michael Armenta
00:10:13
Play 01 Book 1 Michael Armenta
01:02:36
Play 02 Book 2 Part 1 Michael Armenta
00:46:35
Play 03 Book 2 Part 2 Michael Armenta
00:35:24
Play 04 Book 3 Michael Armenta
00:45:44
Play 05 Book 4 Michael Armenta
00:50:26
Play 06 Book 5 Part 1 Michael Armenta
00:42:14
Play 07 Book 5 Part 2 Michael Armenta
00:41:44
Play 08 Book 6 Michael Armenta
00:48:32
Play 09 Book 7 Michael Armenta
00:46:39
Play 10 Book 8 Michael Armenta
00:53:20
Play 11 Book 9 Michael Armenta
01:06:30
Play 12 Book 10 Michael Armenta
00:52:51
Play 13 Book 11 Part 1 Michael Armenta
00:45:14
Play 14 Book 11 Part 2 Michael Armenta
00:37:25
Play 15 Book 12 Michael Armenta
00:41:41
Play 16 Book 13 Part 1 Michael Armenta
00:47:29
Play 17 Book 13 Part 2 Michael Armenta
00:32:55
Play 18 Book 14 Michael Armenta
00:49:51
Play 19 Book 15 Part 1 Michael Armenta
00:41:48
Play 20 Book 15 Part 2 Michael Armenta
00:31:31
Play 21 Book 16 Part 1 Michael Armenta
00:44:32
Play 22 Book 16 Part 2 Michael Armenta
00:38:54
Play 23 Book 17 Michael Armenta
01:09:24
Play 24 Book 18 Michael Armenta
00:57:55
Play 25 Book 19 Michael Armenta
00:40:28
Play 26 Book 20 Michael Armenta
00:48:06
Play 27 Book 21 Michael Armenta
00:59:56
Play 28 Book 22 Michael Armenta
00:51:26
Play 29 Book 23 Part 1 Michael Armenta
00:44:25
Play 30 Book 23 Part 2 Michael Armenta
00:43:32
Play 31 Book 24 Part 1 Michael Armenta
00:53:50
Play 32 Book 24 Part 2 Michael Armenta
00:28:25