What happens upon earth when the gods make war in heaven? Many cultures have a treasured and conventional answer to this, even those deeply secularized societies that describe celestial violence in scientific language. Homer’s Iliad is one such tale-epic in its scope-that has deeply marked Western civilization down to its roots.
If you listen to just one audiobook this year, it should be George Guidall’s narration of Homer’s The Iliad. (more…)
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