The Iliad

Homer (translated by Robert Fagles). Watch the full livestream at until Sept 2016.

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If you're not @AlmeidaOdyssey now, re-examine your life. #Odyssey

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ODYSSEY UPDATE: 35 minutes to go. DON'T MYTH IT! @AlmeidaOdyssey

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ODYSSEY UPDATE: Follow @AlmeidaOdyssey. ONE HOUR. ONE HOUR. #heroscominghome(r)

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ODYSSEY UPDATE: it's TODAY. 9AM GMT. @AlmeidaOdyssey #Odyssey

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Our marathon reading of Homer's #Odyssey starts at 9am tomorrow - here are the artists taking to the seas with us! https://t.co/VbYRfuBURL

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ODYSSEY UPDATE: it's TOMORROW. Follow @AlmeidaOdyssey. Now. For the win. For the journey. #odyssey

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ODYSSEY UPDATE: 3 days to go! Keep your eye on @AlmeidaOdyssey #odyssey

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ODYSSEY UPDATE: it's coming. Fasten your sea(t)belts. #odyssey @AlmeidaOdyssey

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Livestream of @IliadLive now up at http://t.co/lUSVZuqW2J. And watch this space for big news on Monday. #iliad

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ILIAD UPDATE: it's finished. #iliad

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Thank you to the whole team @britishmuseum and @AlmeidaTheatre and to everyone who's come with us, online and in person, for the journey.

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Associate Directors @anthony2almeida and @danieltnraggett. 16 hours. 18,255 lines. Over and out. #iliad

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That was #iliad @AlmeidaTheatre. The translation was by Robert Fagles and it was directed by @rupertgoold and @robertwicke.

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And so the Trojans buried Hector breaker of horses. #iliad #itsallovernow

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'...they turned back home to Troy, and... shared a splendid funeral feast in Hector's honour'. We're at the very end of Hour 16. #iliad

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HECTOR'S BODY UPDATE: on the tenth day, Hector is placed onto the funeral pyre. The pyre is now lit. #iliad

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HECTOR'S BODY UPDATE: a funeral pyre is now being built (for nine days). #iliad

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Tim Pigott-Smith in the final 50 lines of #iliad now. #iliad

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Helen mourning for Hector now: 'in the same breath I mourn for you and me / my doom-struck, harrowed heart'. #iliad

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HECTOR'S BODY UPDATE: he's back in Troy. Hector is back in Troy. #iliad