The Iliad

Other by Homer read by Anton Lesser

Released 1 September 1995

Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    Introduction
    1:04
  • 2
    Achilles and Agamemnon quarrel
    15:13
  • 3
    Agamaemnon claims Bryseis
    7:25
  • 4
    Zeus sends a dream to Agamemnon
    4:38
  • 5
    Paris retreats from Menelaus
    12:08
  • 6
    Zeus and Hera look down on Troy
    8:24
  • 7
    Diomete leads the Greeks into action
    7:10
  • 8
    Aphdodite and Ares wounded
    8:49
  • 9
    With the Gods retired, success is varied
    10:08
  • 10
    Bravest Hector, moved by honour's meed
    3:42
  • CD 2
  • 1
    Ajax challenges Hector
    9:01
  • 2
    Zeus convenes the Gods in council
    7:39
  • 3
    Agamemnon (Atrides) calls his council
    4:56
  • 4
    Nestor advises conciliation with Achilles
    5:53
  • 5
    Phoenix, aged warrior, replies to Achilles
    4:59
  • 6
    Zeus sends Discord to the Achaian lines
    11:27
  • 7
    Patroklos begs Achilles to be allowed to fight
    9:01
  • 8
    First Zeus and then Apollo change the course of battle
    7:55
  • 9
    Ajax defends the body of Patroklos (Menoetiades)
    8:10
  • 10
    Antilochus bears the tragic news
    9:53
  • CD 3
  • 1
    Hephaestus forges godlike armour
    1:39
  • 2
    Thetis brings the armour to her son
    7:44
  • 3
    The Greeks and the Trojans face each other again
    11:10
  • 4
    The Road to Troy
    8:28
  • 5
    Hector is caught outside the Scaean gate
    8:34
  • 6
    “This is mine hour to die”
    8:09
  • 7
    “Such mourning was in Troy”
    6:46
  • 8
    Achilles still mourns his friend
    10:00
  • 9
    Hermes, benefactor of mankind
    7:58
  • 10
    “Now all were hushed by gentle sleep subdued”
    8:08

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