The Iliad by Homer Read by Sir Derek Jacobi The Epic Story of Troy Translated by Robert Fagles See also Homers Oddessy on Audio Book click here The Iliad by Homer Read by Sir Derek Jacobi abridged Audio Book CD Brand New:9 Hours 8 CDs abridged This groundbreaking English version by Robert Fagles is the most important recent translation of Homer’s great epic poem. The verse translation has been hailed by scholars as the new standard providing an Iliad that delights modern sensibility and aesthetic without sacrificing the grandeur and particular genius of Homer’s own style and language. The Iliad is one of the two great epics of Homer and is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time but to say the Iliad is a war story does not begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and characters:Achilles Helen Hector and other heroes of Greek myth and history in the tenth and final year of the Greek siege of Troy [...]