Best sellers
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Troy
- The Greek Myths Reimagined
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
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In this brilliant conclusion to his best-selling Mythos trilogy, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry retells the tale of the Trojan War....
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Thank the gods
- By Stefan Filipovits on 06-22-21
By: Stephen Fry
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The Odyssey
- By: Homer, Robert Fagles - translator
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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The great adventure story tells of Odysseus, a veteran of the Trojan War, who - through a landscape peopled with monsters, sea nymphs, evil enchantresses, and vengeful gods....
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Embarrassingly bad audio
- By Tommy G. Henry on 07-14-15
By: Homer, and others
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The Odyssey
- The Fitzgerald Translation
- By: Homer, Robert Fitzgerald - translator
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Robert Fitzgerald's translation of The Odyssey has been the standard translation for more than three generations of students and poets....
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"A god moved him--who knows?"
- By Jefferson on 07-25-18
By: Homer, and others
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Homer Box Set: Iliad & Odyssey
- By: Homer, W. H. D. Rouse - translator
- Narrated by: Anthony Heald
- Length: 25 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature....
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Oddball Translation
- By Joel Jenkins on 05-11-17
By: Homer, and others
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Celtic Mythology
- Tales of Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes
- By: Philip Freeman
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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In this book, for the first time, Philip Freeman brings together the best stories of Celtic mythology....
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Scholarly yet fancifully told
- By Maestro F on 01-04-20
By: Philip Freeman
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The Iliad
- The Fitzgerald Translation
- By: Homer, Robert Fitzgerald - translator
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
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Since it was first published more than 25 years ago, Robert Fitzgerald's prizewinning translation of Homer's battle epic has become a classic in its own right....
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Beautiful
- By Tad Davis on 10-08-14
By: Homer, and others
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Troy
- The Greek Myths Reimagined
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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In this brilliant conclusion to his best-selling Mythos trilogy, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry retells the tale of the Trojan War....
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Thank the gods
- By Stefan Filipovits on 06-22-21
By: Stephen Fry
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The Odyssey
- By: Homer, Robert Fagles - translator
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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The great adventure story tells of Odysseus, a veteran of the Trojan War, who - through a landscape peopled with monsters, sea nymphs, evil enchantresses, and vengeful gods....
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Embarrassingly bad audio
- By Tommy G. Henry on 07-14-15
By: Homer, and others
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The Odyssey
- The Fitzgerald Translation
- By: Homer, Robert Fitzgerald - translator
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Robert Fitzgerald's translation of The Odyssey has been the standard translation for more than three generations of students and poets....
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"A god moved him--who knows?"
- By Jefferson on 07-25-18
By: Homer, and others
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Homer Box Set: Iliad & Odyssey
- By: Homer, W. H. D. Rouse - translator
- Narrated by: Anthony Heald
- Length: 25 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature....
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Oddball Translation
- By Joel Jenkins on 05-11-17
By: Homer, and others
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Celtic Mythology
- Tales of Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes
- By: Philip Freeman
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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In this book, for the first time, Philip Freeman brings together the best stories of Celtic mythology....
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Scholarly yet fancifully told
- By Maestro F on 01-04-20
By: Philip Freeman
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The Iliad
- The Fitzgerald Translation
- By: Homer, Robert Fitzgerald - translator
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Since it was first published more than 25 years ago, Robert Fitzgerald's prizewinning translation of Homer's battle epic has become a classic in its own right....
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Beautiful
- By Tad Davis on 10-08-14
By: Homer, and others
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The Odyssey
- By: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Claire Danes
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....
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Lisping ragged reading
- By J. Dixon on 12-12-19
By: Homer, and others
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The Iliad
- By: Homer, Richmond Lattimore - translator
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 22 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The great legacy of The Iliad is its shattering revelation of what it means to be human in the face of life's uncertainty and fleeting mortality....
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This is the audio version you want
- By Rachel on 04-11-12
By: Homer, and others
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Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
- By: Marcus Aurelius
- Narrated by: Alan Munro
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Meditations is former U.S. President Bill Clinton's favorite book. This audio consists of a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor 161-180 AD, setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy....
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The reading made it impossible to focus on content
- By Mark Grebner on 09-02-12
By: Marcus Aurelius
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Meditations
- By: Marcus Aurelius
- Narrated by: Peter Batchelor
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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This audio consists of a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor AD 161-180, setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy....
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NOT GREGORY HAYES
- By Benjamin D. Mathes on 05-22-16
By: Marcus Aurelius
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The Iliad
- By: Homer, Robert Fagles - translator
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, Maria Tucci
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Abridged
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Dating to the ninth century BC, Homer’s timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves inexorably to the wrenching, tragic conclusion of the Trojan War....
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Abridged
- By Amazon Customer on 10-15-18
By: Homer, and others
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The Aeneid
- By: Virgil
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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With this stunning modern verse translation, Robert Fagles reintroduces Virgil's Aeneid to a whole new generation....
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Good but the chapters aren't IN ORDER
- By Maggie on 10-18-17
By: Virgil
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The Iliad of Homer
- By: Elizabeth Vandiver, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
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When you join Professor Vandiver for this lecture series on the Iliad, you'll come to understand what has enthralled and gripped so many people....
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Great!
- By Audible Fan on 11-29-15
By: Elizabeth Vandiver, and others
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Troy
- The Siege of Troy Retold
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
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The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for 10 whole and very bloody years....Â
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A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down
- By DFK on 11-27-20
By: Stephen Fry
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The Manual
- A Philosopher's Guide to Life
- By: Epictetus, Ancient Renewal, Sam Torode
- Narrated by: Sam Torode
- Length: 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Epictetus (c. AD 50-135) was a former Roman slave (he was also lame in one leg, and walked with a crutch) who went on to become a great teacher....
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Best book to live by.
- By Amazon Customer on 09-05-18
By: Epictetus, and others
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Norse Mythology: From Hel to Valhalla
- Explore the Timeless Legends, the History of the Gods, Immortals, and Magical Creatures: Tales of Norse Myth, Gods, Giants, Rituals & Viking Beliefs
- By: Jayne Peterson
- Narrated by: Jack Sanders, Samuel Cox, Fred Hill, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
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Delve into the fascinating history of Norse mythology with this thrilling and magic audiobook. Do as Odin did…let go and drink deep from the well of wisdom....Â
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Excellent
- By April Lewis on 11-24-21
By: Jayne Peterson
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Classical Mythology
- By: Elizabeth Vandiver, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
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These lectures make classical mythology fresh, absorbing, and often surprising....
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the Facts behind the Myth
- By Joshua on 11-05-13
By: Elizabeth Vandiver, and others
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The Aristotle Collection
- Nicomachean Ethics, Metaphysics, Poetics, Rhetoric, On Sense and the Sensible, On Memory and Reminiscence, On Sleep and Sleeplessness, On Dreams, On Prophesying by Dreams, On Longevity and Shortness of Life, On Youth and Old Age, & On Life and Death
- By: Aristotle
- Narrated by: Museum Audiobooks cast
- Length: 34 hrs and 1 min
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Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. His writings cover many subjects including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theatre, music, rhetoric, psychology, linguistics, economics, politics....
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De-Esser
- By Amazon Customer on 12-13-21
By: Aristotle
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The Iliad
- A New Translation by Caroline Alexander
- By: Homer, Caroline Alexander - translator
- Narrated by: Dominic Keating
- Length: 19 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Carved close to the original Greek, acclaimed classicist Caroline Alexander's new translation is swift and lean, with the driving cadence of its source....
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Forceful
- By Tad Davis on 04-22-16
By: Homer, and others
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The Aeneid
- By: Virgil
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
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The Aeneid represents one of the greatest cultural and artistic achievements of Western Civilization....
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An epic in every sense of the word
- By James on 01-06-05
By: Virgil
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The Iliad & The Odyssey
- By: Homer
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 28 hrs and 37 mins
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Little is known about the Ancient Greek oral poet Homer, the supposed 8th century BC author of the world-read Iliad and his later masterpiece, The Odyssey....
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Great Audio
- By Tiffany on 02-18-07
By: Homer
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The Allegory of the Cave
- By: Plato
- Narrated by: Adriel Brandt
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
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This simplistic and ingenious allegory from one of the fathers of Western philosophy casts light on society’s naiveté and ignorance....
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Old English language. Not an Easy Read
- By Kephas on 06-29-20
By: Plato
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The Republic
- Translated with Notes, An Interpretive Essay, and a New Introduction by Raymond Larson
- By: Plato, Raymond Larson - translator
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
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This highly regarded volume features a modern translation of all ten books of The Republic. Translated by Raymond Larson....
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Raymond Larson is the translator!
- By Anonymous User on 07-16-14
By: Plato, and others
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Plato's Apology
- By: Plato
- Narrated by: Ray Childs
- Length: 1 hr
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Socrates is on trial for his life. He is charged with impiety and corrupting young people. He presents his own defense....
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Really sad and painful but also empowering
- By Ericel on 06-21-21
By: Plato
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The Aeneid of Virgil
- By: Elizabeth Vandiver, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
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The Aeneid is the great national epic of ancient Rome, and one of the most important works of literature ever written....
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Consider this preparatory material
- By Amazon Customer on 07-26-16
By: Elizabeth Vandiver, and others
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Greek Myths
- A New Retelling
- By: Charlotte Higgins
- Narrated by: Daphne Kouma
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
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Greek myths were full of powerful witches, unpredictable gods and sword-wielding slayers. They were also extreme: about families who turn murderously on each other; impossible tasks set by cruel kings; love that goes wrong; wars and journeys and terrible loss....
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Explains a lot about beliefs in civil society
- By Cynthia on 03-06-22
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Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 of 2
- By: Plutarch
- Narrated by: B. J. Harrison
- Length: 41 hrs and 4 mins
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Plutarchs's (46-120 A.D.) epic chronicle of the lives of great Grecians and Romans....
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TABLE of CONTENTS here:
- By Amazon Customer on 02-24-16
By: Plutarch
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Hellenica
- By: Xenophon
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
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The Hellenica is Xenophon’s continuation of Thucydides’ history of the Peloponnesian War, literally resuming from where the previous author’s history was abruptly left unfinished and narrating the events of the final seven years of the conflict and the war’s aftermath....
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A read no history lover should do without!
- By Epaminondas on 11-07-19
By: Xenophon
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Antigone
- By: Sophocles
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
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Antigone is a famous Greek tragedy attributed to the ancient playwright Sophocles at around 440 BCE. The play expands on the Theban legend of Oedipus that predates it, dealing with Antigone’s burial of her brother Polyneices in defiance of the law....
By: Sophocles
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Classical Archaeology of Ancient Greece and Rome
- By: John R. Hale, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: John R. Hale
- Length: 18 hrs and 41 mins
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Explore a series of exciting archaeological sites that provides you with a detailed idea of what Classical archaeology entails....
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Absolutely Fantastic!
- By Bookworm on 10-21-14
By: John R. Hale, and others