The Iliad (Mitchell Translation) - Homer torrent

Category: Adults, Classic, Literature
Language: English
Keywords: 11th-12century Bce Achilles Ajax Mycenaean Mythology Nestor Odysseus trojan War

Written by Homer
Read by Alfred Molina
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Length: 16 hrs and 3 mins
Release date: 10-26-18
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Originally released 10-11-11 by Simon & Schuster
The power and the beauty of The Iliad resound again across 2,700 years in Stephen Mitchell’s exciting new translation, as if the lifeblood of its heroes Achilles and Patroclus, Hector and Priam flowed in every word. And we are there with them amid the horror and ecstasy of war, carried along by a poetry that lifts even the most devastating human events into the realm of the beautiful.

Critics reviews….“Stephen Mitchell’s magnificent new translation of the Iliad reminds us that there is always a new and different way to read and interpret the great classics, and that they need to be reinvigorated from generation to generation, just as we need to be reminded that they are, however venerated, above all stories: exciting, full of life and great characters, in short great entertainment, not just great monuments of culture or the Western canon. Mr. Mitchell has accomplished this difficult feat wonderfully well, and produced a book which is a joy to read and an Iliad for this generation.” (Michael Korda, D. Litt., author of Hero, Ike, and Ulysses S. Grant)

“Stephen Mitchell has done a marvelous thing here: he has given fresh energy and poetic force to a work that perennially repays our attention. Without the Iliad the West would be a vastly poorer place; Homer’s achievement speaks to every successive generation with its unflinching understanding of the essential tragic nature of life. Mitchell’s translation is a grand accomplishment.”

Please note: Book 10, recognized since ancient times as a later addition to the Iliad, has been omitted in this translation. I did not goof in numbering!

“Whatever one thinks of Mitchell’s new—and controversial—translation of Homer’s epic poem of love and war, it begs to be read aloud. Listeners may choose not to wade through the lengthy introduction, read by Mitchell himself, which contains lots of helpful background information about ancient Greek society but unnecessary recitation of long swaths of the poetry. Those who do will be rewarded by Alfred Molina’s rich tones and robust narrative style when the original poetry begins in Book One with “The rage of Achilles—sing it now, goddess, sing through me.” Impeccable pacing and subtle inflections, along with plenty of vocal punch for the battle scenes and confrontational dialogue, make the sometimes coarse vernacular feel appropriate to what Mitchell calls the “spirit of the text.” Let’s hope we get to hear Molina finish the story for us in THE ODYSSEY.” © AudioFile 2011,