The Iliad - Book II - Homer (Alexander Pope translation)

The Iliad - Homer - Alexander Pope translation
Book II - Read by Nick Gisburne

Full Text:
http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/h/homer/h8ip/book2.html

This is by far the most difficult part of The Iliad to read aloud because there are so many names with difficult pronunciations. All I can say is, I did as much research as I could, spending several soild days trying to work out the correct way to say each of the names, and then a further two days of practice, repeating them within the context of the poem over and over until they sounded as natural as possible. And that was all before I started recording.

I wanted this part of the poem to be easy on the ear because in reality its second half is largely a long, long list of names and places. I did the best I could with what I had to work with, and if you find that some of the names aren't correctly pronounced, well you probably know much more about Ancient Greek than I.

With this list of names out of the way now, I can promise you there will be much more action in future books!

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[logicaust]

I'm going to have to segment this one (just like a real book hehe).

Peace.

[Gisburne2000]

@logicaust There's a natural divide at 40:34 if that helps!

[Gisburne2000]

I actually recorded this second part in September 2011, but I shelved the editing of it until now because I've busy doing other work. Hopefully I'll be able to continue with more of this project soon. 2 books down, 22 to go!

[miknud]

Really nice to listen to while working. fantastic..

[doomfeast1102]

I've been waiting for this for a while now. Good work!

[HerAeolianHarp]

Glad to see you sharing this after your time away. Your efforts are prodigious! Hope your new year is going well. - Erika

[Atheistprimate]

I been eagerly awaiting this, thanks!

[ec4370]

Welcome back Nick!