The Iliad for Boys and Girls: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Iliad for Boys and Girls, credited to Alfred J. Church, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

Librivox recording of The Iliad for Boys and Girls by Alfred J. Church. Read by Lizzie Driver. Alfred J. Church wrote many books looking at classical literature, but is especially well known for his re-telling of classic books in a style so that younger readers may follow the story. The Iliad for Boys and Girls is a retelling of Homer’s Iliad, centred around the events of the siege of Troy during the final year. (Summary by Lizzie Driver) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Iliad for Boys and Girls
• Author credits: Alfred J. Church
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 4:22:58

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 01 - Of How the War with Troy Began — 2:39
2. 02 - The Quarrel — 9:34
3. 03 - What Thetis Did for Her Son — 5:43
4. 04 - The Duel of Paris and Menelaus — 10:36
5. 05 - How the Oath Was Broken — 4:54
6. 06 - The Great Deeds of Diomed — 7:50
7. 07 - Concerning Other Valiant Deeds — 7:52
8. 08 - Of Glaucus and Diomed — 7:20
9. 09 - Hector and Andromache — 10:25
10. 10 - How Hector and Ajax Fought — 11:45
11. 11 - The Battle on the Plain — 18:03
12. 12 - The Repentance of Agmemnon — 9:00
13. 13 - The Embassy to Achilles — 13:01
14. 14 - The Story of Old Pheonix — 13:00
15. 15 - The Adventure Of Diomed and Ulysses — 13:10
16. 16 - The Wounding Of The Chiefs — 11:19
17. 17 - The Battle At The Wall — 11:54
18. 18 - The Battle At The Ships — 14:30
19. 19 - The Deeds And Death of Patroclus — 14:32
20. 20 - The Rousing Of Achillies — 12:40
21. 21 - The Making Of The Arms — 8:14
22. 22 - The Quarrel Ended — 6:21
23. 23 - The Battle At The River — 10:38
24. 24 - The Slaying Of Hector — 16:32

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