The Iliad - Book 2

The Iliad - Book 2

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2400820/open_sms] The Iliad by Homer, translated by Samuel Butler - Book 2 The only license I have taken from the original translation is changing some of the Roman names to the Greek ones. * Zeus sends a lying dream to Agamemnon, who thereon calls the chiefs in assembly, and proposes to sound the mind of his army * In the end they march to fight * Catalogue of the Achaean and Trojan forces.

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The Iliad - Book 1

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2400820/open_sms] The Iliad by Homer, translated by Samuel Butler - Book 1 The only license I have taken from the original translation is changing some of the Roman names to the Greek ones. * The quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles * Achilles withdraws from the war, and sends his mother Thetis to ask Zeus to help the Trojans * Scene between Zeus and Hera on Olympus.

St. Basil's Address to Young Men on the Right Use of Greek Literature

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2400820/open_sms] In our first episode we turn to St. Basil the Great to learn about why reading the great works of the past can help us in the formation of our character.