The Iliad of Homer, Rendered into English Blank Verse: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Iliad of Homer, Rendered into English Blank Verse, credited to Homer, 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 of Homer, Rendered into English Blank Verse by Edward Smith-Stanley, Earl of Derby. Read in English by Michael Armenta "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.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Iliad of Homer, Rendered into English Blank Verse
• Author credits: Homer
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 33
• Listed recording duration: 25:11:19

Catalogue topics

• Homer
• poetry
• Greece
• mythology

Opening tracks: first 24 of 33

1. 00 - Preface — 10:13
2. 01 - Book 1 — 1:02:36
3. 02 - Book 2 Part 1 — 46:35
4. 03 - Book 2 Part 2 — 35:24
5. 04 - Book 3 — 45:45
6. 05 - Book 4 — 50:26
7. 06 - Book 5 Part 1 — 42:14
8. 07 - Book 5 Part 2 — 41:44
9. 08 - Book 6 — 48:33
10. 09 - Book 7 — 46:40
11. 10 - Book 8 — 53:21
12. 11 - Book 9 — 1:06:30
13. 12 - Book 10 — 52:52
14. 13 - Book 11 Part 1 — 45:15
15. 14 - Book 11 Part 2 — 37:25
16. 15 - Book 12 — 41:41
17. 16 - Book 13 Part 1 — 47:29
18. 17 - Book 13 Part 2 — 32:55
19. 18 - Book 14 — 49:51
20. 19 - Book 15 Part 1 — 41:48
21. 20 - Book 15 Part 2 — 31:31
22. 21 - Book 16 Part 1 — 44:32
23. 22 - Book 16 Part 2 — 38:54
24. 23 - Book 17 — 1:09:25

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