The Iliad and Homer's War

Knowing Homer is the key to understanding a great deal of ancient literature. The characters we meet today will show up in dozens of later episodes on texts written long after the Homeric epics were. While there are a lot of characters in the Iliad, many of the most important Greeks have a Trojan counterpart. You may well know what happens at the end, it involves a horse but why spoil the fun for listeners who are hearing this for the first time? Let's talk about some of the main characters,. especially those whom you're going to meet at the outset of Book I momentarily. We'll also be seeing a lot of Agamemnon - not only an important character in the