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Mentioned in 22 episodes

Iliad

Book • 2010

Author

Homer

Mentioned by

Deacon Harrison Garlick

Mentioned in 22 episodes

Mentioned by

Dominic Sandbrook

as the great poet whose work casts a shadow over other accounts of the Trojan War.

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6. Troy

Mentioned by

Charlotte Higgins

alongside the Odyssey, noting Virgil's Aeneid is almost in competition with these epics.

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How Greece Shaped Rome with Mary Beard

Mentioned by

Leo Mirani

when comparing the length of the Mahabharata to other epics.

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Below Delhi, the search for India's mythical past

Mentioned by

Ellie Mackin-Roberts

as a source where Hera plays a huge role as a protagonist on the side of the Greeks.

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Hera: Queen of the Gods

Mentioned by

Jack Fowler

in relation to a piece discussing its impact on modern warriors.

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Zeldin’s Drive to Deregulate and the Iliad’s Relevance Today

Mentioned by

Deacon Harrison Garlick

in comparison to Hesiod, highlighting their similarities and differences in style and approach to mythology.

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A Discussion on Hesiod's Theogony

Mentioned by

Jonathan Silver

as one of Homer's epic poems of the Trojan War.

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Ido Hevroni on Teaching Homer in Wartime

Mentioned by

Natalie Haynes

as one of the authors who describes Hera as the foster daughter of Tethys and Oceanus.

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Hera

Mentioned by the speaker as a well-known epic poem in Western culture, in comparison to the Shahnameh.

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Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, Part 1

Mentioned by

Deacon Harrison Garlick

in reference to his translation of the Iliad.

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Iliad: Book 1 | The Rage of Achilles

Mentioned by Jacob Alley as a book that has survived throughout the ages and is still read today.

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Ep. 282 - How to Use The Great Ideas in Your Commonplace Books w/Dr. Jacob Allee

Mentioned by

Edith Hall

regarding Aeneas' role in the Iliad.

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The Aeneid

Mentioned by

Dan Snow

when discussing the time Athens began to take shape.

The Acropolis

Mentioned by Michael Cosmopoulos when talking about the tradition that Homer composed it in the 8th century.

Michael B. Cosmopoulos, "The World of Homer: Archaeology, Social Memory, and the Emergence of Greek Epic Poetry" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

Mentioned when discussing oaths in the Greco-Roman world.

443: Talmudic Matthew — Oaths

Mentioned by Edith Hall as the core of the entire curriculum for every single ancient schoolboy.

Alexandria: The Library

Mentioned by

Leo Mirani

when comparing the length of the Mahabharata to other epics.

Below Delhi, the search for India's mythical past

Mentioned by

Jeffery Rosen

, referring to the translations by Addison and Dryden.

How the Classics Inspired America's Founders

Mentioned as the earliest source where Cassandra appears in literature.

Cassandra: Prophet Of The Modern World?

Mentioned by

Dirk Jongkind

as already a scholarly endeavor in Alexandria in the first century BC.

S5E4: How did the early church handle differences between manuscripts?

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