Iliad I.1–21
How it may have been sung
A modern recitation of the opening of the Iliad in reconstructed hexameter. This is not a recording from Homer’s time. The gold line follows the verse; the feet below show the usual dactylic pulse (five dactyls and a closing spondee), which a singer could swap for spondees.
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Hexameter pulse
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