Sing, O Goddess: The story of the Iliad

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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2013 · Education

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Why is it so important to hear the epic, rather than just reading it? Translator Barry Powell offers his thoughts in this video. http://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-iliad-9780199326105 

Barry B. Powell is Halls-Bascom Professor of Classics Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and author of a new free verse translation of The Iliad by Homer. 

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