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Meditations
- Written by: Marcus Aurelius, George Long - translator, Duncan Steen - translator
- Narrated by: Duncan Steen
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 152
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 130
One of the most significant books ever written by a head of State, the Meditations are a collection of philosophical thoughts by the Emperor Marcus Aurelius....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Listed dozens of times
- By Steven on 2018-08-18
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The Odyssey
- Written by: Homer, Robert Fagles - translator
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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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3 out of 5 stars
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Reading & Story - good. Recording quality-lacking.
- By Amazon Customer on 2018-09-28
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Plato, Socrates, and the Dialogues
- Written by: Michael Sugrue, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Michael Sugrue
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16
You'll become engrossed in "the romance of the intellect," as Professor Sugrue opens a path for you into the inner structure of these timeless dialogues....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thank you, Professor Sugrue.
- By Amazon Customer on 2018-11-14
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Homer Box Set: Iliad & Odyssey
- Written by: Homer, W. H. D. Rouse - translator
- Narrated by: Anthony Heald
- Length: 25 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 45
Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great narrator
- By Alejandro Gonzalez on 2019-06-22
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The Iliad
- Written by: Homer, Samuel Butler - translator
- Narrated by: Matthew Josdal
- Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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The Iliad concerns events during the 10th and final year in the siege of the city of Troy by the ancient Greeks....
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The Odyssey
- Written by: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Claire Danes
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 79
A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....
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5 out of 5 stars
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An epic will always be an epic!
- By JohnS on 2019-06-02
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Meditations
- Written by: Marcus Aurelius, George Long - translator, Duncan Steen - translator
- Narrated by: Duncan Steen
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 152
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 130
One of the most significant books ever written by a head of State, the Meditations are a collection of philosophical thoughts by the Emperor Marcus Aurelius....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Listed dozens of times
- By Steven on 2018-08-18
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The Odyssey
- Written by: Homer, Robert Fagles - translator
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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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3 out of 5 stars
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Reading & Story - good. Recording quality-lacking.
- By Amazon Customer on 2018-09-28
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Plato, Socrates, and the Dialogues
- Written by: Michael Sugrue, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Michael Sugrue
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16
You'll become engrossed in "the romance of the intellect," as Professor Sugrue opens a path for you into the inner structure of these timeless dialogues....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thank you, Professor Sugrue.
- By Amazon Customer on 2018-11-14
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Homer Box Set: Iliad & Odyssey
- Written by: Homer, W. H. D. Rouse - translator
- Narrated by: Anthony Heald
- Length: 25 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 45
Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great narrator
- By Alejandro Gonzalez on 2019-06-22
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The Iliad
- Written by: Homer, Samuel Butler - translator
- Narrated by: Matthew Josdal
- Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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The Iliad concerns events during the 10th and final year in the siege of the city of Troy by the ancient Greeks....
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The Odyssey
- Written by: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Claire Danes
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 79
A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....
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5 out of 5 stars
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An epic will always be an epic!
- By JohnS on 2019-06-02
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The Odyssey
- The Fitzgerald Translation
- Written by: Homer, Robert Fitzgerald - translator
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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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5 out of 5 stars
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Dan Stevens does it again!
- By JeanClaire on 2019-04-08
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Plato's Republic
- Written by: Plato
- Narrated by: Ray Childs
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4 out of 5 stars 34
The Republic poses questions that endure: What is justice? What form of community fosters the best possible life for human beings? What is the nature and destiny of the soul? Find out....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Acting is Great
- By Anonymous User on 2018-12-04
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Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
- Written by: Marcus Aurelius
- Narrated by: Alan Munro
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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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2 out of 5 stars
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Get the book with a different narrator
- By Alejandro Gonzalez on 2019-03-04
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Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths
- One of the Best-selling Mythology Books of All Time
- Written by: Bernard Evslin
- Narrated by: Todd Haberkorn
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44
Bernard Evslin’s classic retelling of the Greek myths captures the excitement and enchantment of these stories that have influenced many of today’s popular films and novels.....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Nice but not complete
- By Danny on 2019-01-06
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The Republic
- Translated with Notes, An Interpretive Essay, and a New Introduction by Raymond Larson
- Written by: Plato, Raymond Larson (translator)
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2
This highly regarded volume features a modern translation of all ten books of The Republic. Translated by Raymond Larson....
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The Iliad
- Written by: Homer, Richmond Lattimore - translator
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 22 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Well Done
- By Hmackdad on 2019-01-10
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Histories
- Written by: Herodotus
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 27 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
In this, the first prose history in European civilization, Herodotus describes the growth of the Persian Empire with force, authority, and style....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining
- By scottrs on 2018-11-16
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The Iliad
- The Fitzgerald Translation
- Written by: Homer, Robert Fitzgerald - translator
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story5 out of 5 stars 15
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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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful
- By JeanClaire on 2019-03-27
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The Aeneid
- Written by: Virgil
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
The Aeneid represents one of the greatest cultural and artistic achievements of Western Civilization....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well Read, Clear translation
- By Amazon Customer on 2019-10-10
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Nicomachean Ethics
- Written by: Aristotle
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Aristotle was the first philosopher to write ethical treatises. His best-known work in this field, The Nicomachean Ethics, consists of 10 books addressing the question of how the individual should best live....
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The Metamorphoses
- Written by: Ovid
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6
An undeniable masterpiece of Western Civilization, The Metamorphoses is a continuous narrative that covers all the Olympian legends....
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3 out of 5 stars
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A Tale as Old as Time
- By Melissa on 2019-03-04
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The Golden Ass or Metamorphoses
- Written by: Apuleius
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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This tale of a man who, when tinkering with magic, becomes changed into an ass is one of the most entertaining and remarkable stories from classic Latin literature....
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The Iliad
- A New Translation by Caroline Alexander
- Written by: Homer, Caroline Alexander - translator
- Narrated by: Dominic Keating
- Length: 19 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story5 out of 5 stars 8
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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5 out of 5 stars
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Great
- By T. Bachman on 2019-04-04
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On the Shortness of Life
- Stoics in Their Own Words, Book 4
- Written by: Seneca
- Narrated by: Joseph Kent
- Length: 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance1 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
Why do we complain of Nature? She has shown herself kindly; life, if you know how to use it, is long. But one man is possessed by an avarice that is insatiable, another by a toilsome devotion to tasks that are useless....
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Masters of Greek Thought: Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle
- Written by: Robert C. Bartlett, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Robert C. Bartlett
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16
It is easy to forget that questions about fundamental issues like justice, injustice, virtue, vice, or happiness were not always eternal. They once had to be asked for the first time....
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4 out of 5 stars
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A difficult endeavor
- By N.J. on 2019-10-15
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The Socratic Dialogues: Early Period, Volume 1
- The Apology, Crito, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, Menexenus, Ion
- Written by: Plato, Benjamin Jowett - translator
- Narrated by: David Rintoul, full cast
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Here are the Socratic Dialogues presented as Plato designed them to be - living discussions between friends and protagonists....
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is the best way to study the dialogues...
- By ArdentStudent on 2019-08-31
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The Odyssey
- Written by: Homer, A. T. Murray - translator
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 16 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
The Odyssey is the greatest adventure story ever written, and one of the great epic masterpieces of Western literature....
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Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition, 3rd Edition
- Written by: The Great Courses, Alan Charles Kors, Darren Staloff, and others
- Narrated by: Alan Charles Kors, Darren Staloff, Dennis Dalton, and others
- Length: 43 hrs and 41 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15
With this series of lectures, you can encompass 3,000 years of philosophical debate - by the end of next month....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Very disappointed
- By Anonymous User on 2019-04-16
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The Iliad
- Written by: Homer, Robert Fagles - translator
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, Maria Tucci
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
In this brilliant translation, Robert Fagles brings the vigor of contemporary language to Homer's 2,700-year-old tale....
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3 out of 5 stars
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It's abridged!
- By Anonymous User on 2020-02-22
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The Odyssey
- Written by: Homer
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Of the two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer, The Odyssey serves to some extent as a sequel to The Iliad. The poem describes the journey home of Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, after the fall of Troy....
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Greek Mythology
- Classic Stories of the Greek Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters (Classic Mythology, Book 1)
- Written by: Scott Lewis
- Narrated by: Madison Niederhauser
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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This captivating audiobook will take you on a beautiful journey through the fascinating world of Greek mythology. From the beginning of the cosmos to the Odyssey, be ready to venture into an exciting world of love, loyalty, infidelity, vengeance, deception, and intrigue....
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Rhetoric, Poetics and Logic
- Written by: Aristotle
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
Aristotle's contribution to the sum of wisdom dominates all our philosophy and even provides direction...
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The Iliad of Homer
- Written by: Elizabeth Vandiver, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 25
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story5 out of 5 stars 23
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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5 out of 5 stars
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Made the Iliad easy to understand
- By Goodlad on 2019-09-13
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The Theogony of Hesiod
- Written by: Hesiod
- Narrated by: Philip Ray
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
"The Theogony" (“Birth of the Gods”) is a poem by Hesiod which describes the origin, position and relationships of the gods of the Greek pantheon. Hesiod created a synthesis of the diverse Greek traditions concerning the gods, in the form of a hymn invoking Zeus and the Muses....
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The Aeneid
- Written by: Virgil
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
With this stunning modern verse translation, Robert Fagles reintroduces Virgil's Aeneid to a whole new generation....
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A Summary of the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
- Written by: Robin Homer
- Narrated by: Robin Homer
- Length: 33 mins
- Unabridged
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This is a summary of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations. Meditations is essentially a scrapbook of thoughts written over a 19-year period; it’s not ordered and it repeats itself frequently as ideas reoccurred to the author at different times....
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Classical Archaeology of Ancient Greece and Rome
- Written by: John R. Hale, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: John R. Hale
- Length: 18 hrs and 41 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Explore a series of exciting archaeological sites that provides you with a detailed idea of what Classical archaeology entails....
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The Aeneid
- Written by: Virgil
- Narrated by: David Collins
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4
The epic tells the story of a group of refugees from the ruined city of Troy, whose attempts to reach a promised land in the West are continually frustrated by the hostile goddess Juno....
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Classical Mythology
- Written by: Elizabeth Vandiver, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
These lectures make classical mythology fresh, absorbing, and often surprising....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Highly recommend it
- By Fraser Simons on 2020-02-04
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The Children's Homer
- Written by: Padraic Colum
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
This reissue of the 1919 classic combines the immortal stories from Homer's Iliad and Odyssey into one glorious saga of heroism and magical adventure....