The Iliad

...actually knowing the gyst of the story without reading the very long original.

Good way to popularize a classic.

Great read!

nothing

This is not about the book itself. The audio quality is great. The main problem with this audiobook is that the chapters do not correspond to the print edition which makes no sense. Otherwise, an engaging audiobook and I recommend it.

Really wanted to give this 5 stars. Great translation, great reading. However, track titling/listing is disastrous. Don't mind the abridgement, but the inaccurate, inconsistent track listings ruin reading along with the recording. I burned CDs to iTunes and tried to retitle accurately. A great translation, a great reading, but entirely incompetent organization and quality assurance of CD track titling. Any teacher not knowing the CDs and referring students to CDs could ruin a possibly enjoyable experience. Another problem: readers do not read book [chapter] titles, thus making correspondence between book and recording even more difficult. Also, when an entire book [chapter] has deleted, the book title should be read and an abridged narration included. If Penguin ever reissues the audio-book, they absolutely need to fix these problems.

Just what I needed for class

If only it weren't abridged, would have been such a towering achievement

timeless

Good accurate rendition, good for all members of the family. Good value.

classics illustrated :excellente série