Sources
Additional Helpful Resources
- Perkʷunós: The Iliad Book 1 Lines 1-21 sung — a beautiful performance in restored Archaic Greek.
- polýMATHY #KephalosChallenge: Reciting Homer's Iliad from Memory — Recitation of the first 100 lines of the Iliad from memory using the restored Classical Greek pronunciation.
- David Chamberlain's Hypotactic: Homer's Iliad 1 — A detailed breakdown of the metrical scansion for every line, as well as the line-by-line audio recitation featured in the app's performance mode.
- Ben Crowell: Greek Pronunciation — Information on reconstructed Attic vs. Erasmian pronunciation, tonal accents, and sound recordings of informed readings of the Iliad.
- Wikimedia Commons: IPA pronunciation audio — Used in the Pronunciation Guide to provide accurate linguistic audio samples.
- Pitch Accents & Pronunciation: How to Sound Out Ancient Greek Words — Luke Ranieri's guide
- Dactylic Hexameter: The Iliad – What did Ancient Greek poetry sound like? — A practical demonstration of how to chant and recite dactylic hexameter.
- The Open University: Introducing Homer's Iliad — A free, short online course providing context on the Trojan War, the "anger of Achilles", and Homeric themes.
Academic References
- W. Sidney Allen, Vox Graeca: The Pronunciation of Classical Greek (3rd ed., Cambridge, 1987).
- Ian Johnston (trans.), Homer, The Iliad (Vancouver Island University, 2006). Released to the public domain by the translator.
- Samuel Butler (trans.), The Iliad of Homer (Longmans, Green & Co., 1898). English translation is in the public domain. (Names adapted from Roman to Greek).
- D. B. Monro & T. W. Allen (eds.), Homeri Opera, Tomus I: Ilias I–XII (Oxford Classical Texts).
- Martin L. West, Greek Metre (Oxford University Press, 1982).