The Iliad, rewritten & adapted into a new audio drama by George Weidman. Headphones recommended. Podcast version: http://nebula.tv/bunnyhopbookclub

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00:00 Book Two: The Hymn of Achean Formations
29:39 Commentary: Introduction to The Iliad
35:07 The divine right to rule
37:52 Details on late bronze-age collapse
40:26 The Iliad's connection to development of democracy
45:05 Agamemnon's dream & Homer's dramatic irony
47:49 The connection between the Greek gods & human psychology
52:14 The Catalog of Ships
54:24 This episode's artifact: Mycenaean Warrior Vase
55:15 Thanks, acknowledgements, music credits
55:37 Heroic Patron epithets