How can I explain my interest in this classic, The Iliad? Its importance, the radical modernity of its narrative strategies and the themes it deals with, and above all, how to transmit in one hour of performance the power of the word and the metaphysical importance of the body in this text? I think the best way is to explain it with our contemporary artists of the word: the rappers. That is what this piece is: an introduction to the foundational work of Western literature through the device of the rap battle and the hip-hop culture.