The 'Iliad'

In their first episode of Among the Ancients, Emily and Tom begin with a beginning, Homer's Iliad: its depictions of anger and grief, of capricious gods and warriors’ bodies, and the sheer narrative force of Homer’s epic of the Trojan War.

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Read more in the LRB:

James Davidson: Like a Meteorite

lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v19/n15/james-davidson/lik…

Edward Luttwak: Homer Inc.

lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v34/n04/edward-luttwak/hom…

Colin Burrow: The Empty Bath

lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v37/n12/colin-burrow/the-e…

Emily Wilson is Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and translator of the 'Odysse'y and the 'Iliad'. Thomas Jones is an editor at the London Review of Books and host of the LRB Podcast.