The last time I listened to this, the following year I listened to Pat Barker’s Life Class series where the characters are wonderfully drawn and the story gels. 

The story does not work for me, there are parts that don’t add up for me, this would have been easier of the setting was modern to match how Briseis processes her world. 

There were many scenes I liked, that showed real moments of understanding and empathy but they would be lost as this story is more busy in its retelling of Homer’s The Iliad.