The Iliad by Homer: Book 2: The Chorus of Achaean Formations + Commentary

The Iliad, rewritten & adapted into a new audio drama by George Weidman. Headphones recommended.

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Mastering by F1NG3RS

00:00 Book Two: The Hymn of Achean Formations

29:39 Commentary: Introduction to The Iliad

35:07 The divine right to rule

37:52 Details on late bronze-age collapse

40:26 The Iliad's connection to development of democracy

45:05 Agamemnon's dream & Homer's dramatic irony

47:49 The connection between the Greek gods & human psychology

52:14 The Catalog of Ships

54:24 This episode's artifact: Mycenaean Warrior Vase

55:15 Thanks, acknowledgements, music credits

55:37 Heroic Patron epithets

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