Sing, O Goddess: The story of the Iliad HD

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. (c) Oxford University Press