Liv Reads the Iliad: Book Three
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Liv reads Book Two of the Iliad, translated into prose by Samuel Butler. Here's a list Greek to Roman names to help you out: Zeus = Jove/Jupiter Hera = Juno Athena = Minerva/Pallas Minerva Ares = Mars Aphrodite = Venus Poseidon = Neptune Hades = Pluto Hermes = Mercury Kronos = Saturn Odysseus = Ulysses (I think he's the only mortal with a name change, the Romans were weird) Heracles = Hercules (Not Latin, but Achaeans/Danaans = Greeks, Argives = from Argos, Ilius = Troy, Dardanian = ally of Troy, Alexandrus = Paris) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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