Overview

The Trojan War like you've never heard it before-complete, compelling, and finally, fully told. For over three thousand years, Homer's Iliad has thrilled and mystified readers. It begins in the middle, ends without warning, and tosses mortals and gods together in glorious chaos. It's brilliant-but it's only one piece of a much bigger story. In The Full Disclosure Iliad, storyteller and modern bard Jeff Wright fills in the blanks. Drawing from Homer, the lost epics of the Trojan War Cycle, ancient plays, Roman retellings, and modern scholarship, he brings the full epic to life-from the divine spark that started it all to the fall of Troy itself. No missing backstory. No unresolved endings. Just one sweeping, battle-scarred, heartbreak-filled tale that finally makes sense. Told with humor, heart, and a deep love for myth, this is Homer for the modern age-rich with rage and glory, beauty and grief, and, of course, one very famous wooden horse. Whether you're new to the classics or already on a first-name basis with Achilles, The Full Disclosure Iliad invites you to experience the Trojan War as it was meant to be told: epic, human, and utterly unforgettable. Jeff Wright is a twenty-first-century Homeric bard, bringing ancient myths roaring back to life on stage and to nearly two million listeners through his award-winning podcasts Trojan War: The Podcast and Odyssey: The Podcast.

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Reviews of Trojan War: The Podcast ""Whether you're a lifelong Homeric scholar or dipping your toes into epic literature for the first time, Jeff Wright does utter justice and beyond to one of the greatest stories of all time."" - Sawyer Westbrook, Apple Podcasts ""Jeff's storytelling is fast-paced, funny, literate and informed."" - epicenthusiast, Apple Podcasts ""FINALLY someone has made this story accessible to everyone."" - Shadwell von Bernstein, Apple Podcasts ""An immersive telling of the causes and events of the Trojan War with all the grisly details, human emotion, and a fair bit of humour, too."" - kieran barrett1993, Apple Podcasts ""I laughed. I cried. I raged. I have been so moved by the story...[Jeff's] skills as a storyteller are unsurpassed."" - PsyD123, Apple Podcasts ""A rollicking good time! Witty, accessible, and entertaining."" - Marvinian, Apple Podcasts

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Jeff Wright is a 21st-Century Homeric Bard - an award-winning storyteller who makes Homer's epics as gripping as the best modern drama. For over 25 years, he has performed for audiences ranging from high school auditoriums to Canada's National Arts Centre, in Oxford, England, at academic conferences, and at New York charity galas. His acclaimed podcasts Trojan War: The Podcast and Odyssey: The Podcast have been downloaded more than 1.6 million times in more than 200 countries, earning a remarkable 95% listener retention rate. In 2019, the Society for Classical Studies awarded Odyssey: The Podcast its prestigious Forum Prize-recognizing it as the best public-facing contribution to the classics, in any medium, in the previous year.

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