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The Odyssey
- Audible Iliad & Odyssey, Book 2
- Auteur(s): Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrateur(s): Claire Danes
- Durée: 13 h et 32 min
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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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Skip the intro, go straight to the book. Come back
- Écrit par SlanderousHog le 2019-12-19
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Homer Box Set: Iliad & Odyssey
- Auteur(s): Homer, W. H. D. Rouse - translator
- Narrateur(s): Anthony Heald
- Durée: 25 h et 2 min
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Performance173
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Histoire173
Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature....
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I mean... I got through it
- Écrit par Andrew Jones le 2020-06-19
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The Divine Comedy
- Penguin Classics
- Auteur(s): Robin Kirkpatrick - translator, Dante Alighieri
- Narrateur(s): Jot Davies, Robin Kirkpatrick, Kristin Atherton
- Durée: 17 h et 17 min
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The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide, his ascent of Mount Purgatory and his encounter with his dead love Beatrice, and finally, his arrival in Heaven....
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Troy
- The Greek Myths Reimagined
- Auteur(s): Stephen Fry
- Narrateur(s): Stephen Fry
- Durée: 11 h et 1 min
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In this brilliant conclusion to his bestselling Mythos trilogy, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry retells the tale of the Trojan War. Full of tragic heroes, intoxicating love stories, and the unstoppable force of fate, there is no conflict more iconic than the Trojan War. Troy is the story...
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Thank you with all of my heart Stephen!
- Écrit par Ogopogo le 2021-11-24
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The Iliad
- Auteur(s): Homer, Richmond Lattimore - translator
- Narrateur(s): Charlton Griffin
- Durée: 22 h et 6 min
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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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Very Well Done
- Écrit par Hmackdad le 2019-01-10
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The Iliad
- Auteur(s): Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrateur(s): Audra McDonald
- Durée: 20 h et 23 min
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Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic―the most revered war poem of all time....
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Lol to the guy who didn't understand that the poem comes after the introduction and wants to hear it as "written"...
- Écrit par Dr. Devine le 2023-12-18
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The Odyssey
- Audible Iliad & Odyssey, Book 2
- Auteur(s): Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrateur(s): Claire Danes
- Durée: 13 h et 32 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global232
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Performance199
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Histoire198
A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....
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Skip the intro, go straight to the book. Come back
- Écrit par SlanderousHog le 2019-12-19
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Homer Box Set: Iliad & Odyssey
- Auteur(s): Homer, W. H. D. Rouse - translator
- Narrateur(s): Anthony Heald
- Durée: 25 h et 2 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global196
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Performance173
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Histoire173
Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature....
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I mean... I got through it
- Écrit par Andrew Jones le 2020-06-19
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The Divine Comedy
- Penguin Classics
- Auteur(s): Robin Kirkpatrick - translator, Dante Alighieri
- Narrateur(s): Jot Davies, Robin Kirkpatrick, Kristin Atherton
- Durée: 17 h et 17 min
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Performance3
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Histoire3
The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide, his ascent of Mount Purgatory and his encounter with his dead love Beatrice, and finally, his arrival in Heaven....
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Troy
- The Greek Myths Reimagined
- Auteur(s): Stephen Fry
- Narrateur(s): Stephen Fry
- Durée: 11 h et 1 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global364
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Performance308
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Histoire306
In this brilliant conclusion to his bestselling Mythos trilogy, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry retells the tale of the Trojan War. Full of tragic heroes, intoxicating love stories, and the unstoppable force of fate, there is no conflict more iconic than the Trojan War. Troy is the story...
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Thank you with all of my heart Stephen!
- Écrit par Ogopogo le 2021-11-24
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The Iliad
- Auteur(s): Homer, Richmond Lattimore - translator
- Narrateur(s): Charlton Griffin
- Durée: 22 h et 6 min
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Au global35
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Performance30
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Histoire30
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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Very Well Done
- Écrit par Hmackdad le 2019-01-10
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The Iliad
- Auteur(s): Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrateur(s): Audra McDonald
- Durée: 20 h et 23 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global14
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Performance14
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Histoire14
Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic―the most revered war poem of all time....
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Lol to the guy who didn't understand that the poem comes after the introduction and wants to hear it as "written"...
- Écrit par Dr. Devine le 2023-12-18
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The Odyssey
- Auteur(s): Homer
- Narrateur(s): Ian McKellen
- Durée: 13 h et 3 min
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Performance61
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Histoire62
The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of every man's journey through life. In the myths and legends that are retold here, the energy and poetry of Homer's original is captured in a bold, contemporary idiom, giving us an edition of The Odyssey that is a joy to listen to, worth...
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What can you say about "The Odyssey"...
- Écrit par Troy Dimock le 2018-09-18
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The Aeneid
- Auteur(s): Virgil, Robert Fagles - translator, Bernard Knox - introduction, Autres
- Narrateur(s): Simon Callow
- Durée: 12 h et 26 min
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Performance18
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Histoire17
From the award-winning translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey comes a brilliant new translation of Virgil's great epic Fleeing the ashes of Troy, Aeneas, Achilles’ mighty foe in the Iliad, begins an incredible journey to fulfill his destiny as the founder of Rome. His voyage will take him...
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No proper chapters
- Écrit par Graham Nickel le 2024-09-16
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The Poetic Edda
- Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
- Auteur(s): Jackson Crawford
- Narrateur(s): Jackson Crawford
- Durée: 6 h et 24 min
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The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!). These amazing texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological, and literary importance....
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Excellent translation.
- Écrit par Iain Hutchinson le 2019-02-25
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The Canterbury Tales
- Penguin Classics
- Auteur(s): Geoffrey Chaucer, Nevill Coghill (Translation)
- Narrateur(s): Lesley Manville, Daniel Weyman, Derek Jacobi, Autres
- Durée: 16 h et 44 min
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In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce....
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Language Barrier
- Écrit par Adam Phillips le 2021-08-28
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25+ the Big Book of Ancient Classics
- The Odyssey by Homer, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, the Republic by Plato, Poetics by Aristotle and Others
- Auteur(s): Aristotle, Aeschylus, Marcus Aurelius, Autres
- Narrateur(s): Stacey M. Patterson, Peter Coates, Mark Bowen, Autres
- Durée: 60 h et 55 min
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We live in an era rife with cultural conflict. The 21st century is by no means free of wars, terrorism, riots, famine, nor epidemics. We may attempt to solve...
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Plato, Socrates, and the Dialogues
- Auteur(s): Michael Sugrue, The Great Courses
- Narrateur(s): Michael Sugrue
- Durée: 12 h et 2 min
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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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Somewhat entertaining
- Écrit par Alex Murphy le 2024-12-29
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The Greek Histories
- The Sweeping History of Ancient Greece as Told by Its First Chroniclers: Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, and Plutarch
- Auteur(s): Mary Lefkowitz, James Romm
- Narrateur(s): Vivienne Leheny
- Durée: 18 h et 29 min
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The leading scholars behind The Greek Plays present a collection of the best translations of the foremost Greek historians, presenting a sweeping history of ancient Greece as recorded by its first chroniclers....
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Excellent first foray into ancient primary sources
- Écrit par Paul Kane le 2022-02-20
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From Song of Myself (A Poem from The Poets' Corner)
- The One-and-Only Poetry Book for the Whole Family
- Auteur(s): John Lithgow
- Narrateur(s): John Lithgow
- Durée: 6 h et 31 min
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From listening to his grandmother recite epic poems from memory to curling up in bed while his father read funny verses, award-winning actor John Lithgow grew up with poetry. Ever since, John has been an enthusiastic seeker of poetic experience, whether reading, reciting, or listening to great...
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Le Malade Imaginaire
- Auteur(s): Molière
- Narrateur(s): Roméo Carlès, Mary Marquet, Raymond Souplex, Autres
- Durée: 1 h et 31 min
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Comédie en 3 actes.
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Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 of 2
- Auteur(s): Plutarch
- Narrateur(s): B. J. Harrison
- Durée: 41 h et 4 min
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Plutarchs's (46-120 A.D.) epic chronicle of the lives of great Grecians and Romans....
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Beowulf
- Auteur(s): Michael Alexander, Anonymous
- Narrateur(s): Royce Pierreson, Roy McMillan - introduction
- Durée: 4 h et 40 min
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Beowulf is the greatest surviving work of literature in Old English, unparalleled in its epic grandeur and scope....
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The Iliad
- Auteur(s): Homer, Stephen Mitchell - translator
- Narrateur(s): Alfred Molina
- Durée: 16 h et 4 min
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From the renowned translator of Rilke, Tao Te Ching, and Gilgamesh, a vivid new translation of Western civilization’s foundational epic: The Iliad. Tolstoy called the Iliad a miracle; Goethe said that it always thrust him into a state of astonishment. Homer’s story is thrilling, and his...
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I Read the Iliad!
- Écrit par Karin Gorham le 2018-09-19
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The Pardoner's Tale
- Auteur(s): Geoffrey Chaucer
- Narrateur(s): Richard Bebb
- Durée: 2 h et 38 min
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Three tales from The Canterbury Tales, read in the original Middle English by Richard Bebb under the direction of Britain's foremost Chaucer scholar, Derek Brewer....
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The General Prologue and The Physician's Tale
- Auteur(s): Geoffrey Chaucer
- Narrateur(s): Richard Bebb, Philip Madoc, Michael Maloney
- Durée: 2 h et 18 min
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The Canterbury Tales, written near the end of Chaucer's life and hence towards the close of the 14th century, is perhaps the greatest English literary work of the Middle Ages....
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The Odyssey
- The Fitzgerald Translation
- Auteur(s): Homer, D. S. Carne-Ross - introduction, Robert Fitzgerald - translator
- Narrateur(s): Dan Stevens
- Durée: 10 h et 15 min
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"In classical Greece men called rhapsodes memorized and recited “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey.” My own rhapsode is the English actor Dan Stevens, whom fans of “Downton Abbey” will know as Matthew Crawley. He’s been performing the Robert Fitzgerald translation, and no Hellene could...
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It's a classic for a reason
- Écrit par Hermes le 2019-03-19
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The Iliad
- Auteur(s): Homer, Robert Fagles - translator, Bernard Knox - introduction, Autres
- Narrateur(s): Vidish Athavale
- Durée: 21 h et 11 min
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This translation of The Iliad equals Fitzgerald's earlier Odyssey in power and imagination. It recreates the original action as conceived by Homer, using fresh and flexible blank verse that is both lyrical and dramatic. * This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF containing Notes on the...
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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
- Auteur(s): Aristotle
- Narrateur(s): Museum Audiobooks cast
- Durée: 34 h et 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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The Knight's Tale
- Auteur(s): Geoffrey Chaucer
- Narrateur(s): Richard Bebb
- Durée: 2 h et 35 min
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The Knight's Tale of medieval wars and chivalry is the first tale told to the pilgrims as they set out to Canterbury....
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Thanks for the Original
- Écrit par cxm238 le 2023-08-14
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Faust: Parts I & II
- Auteur(s): Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Narrateur(s): Jack Wynters
- Durée: 12 h et 45 min
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Goethe’s two-part dramatic work, Faust, based on a traditional theme, and finally completed in 1831, is an exploration of that restless intellectual and emotional urge which found its fullest expression in the European Romantic movement....
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How to Keep Your Cool
- An Ancient Guide to Anger Management
- Auteur(s): Seneca, James S. Romm - Translator
- Narrateur(s): P.J. Ochlan
- Durée: 2 h et 4 min
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This splendid new translation of essential selections from the Roman Stoic thinker Seneca's On Anger, presented with an enlightening introduction, offers listeners a timeless guide to avoiding and managing anger....
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Narrator sounds like AI
- Écrit par CD le 2023-12-28
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Sophocles’ Greek Tragedies: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Oedipus, Antigone, Electra and More
- Auteur(s): Sophocles
- Narrateur(s): Fiona Shaw, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Kenneth Cranham, Autres
- Durée: 6 h et 27 min
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Sophocles' The Theban Plays, all three of which are included in this collection alongside adaptations of Electra and Philoctetes, are brought to life by celebrated writers, poets, and playwrights....
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Classical Mythology
- Auteur(s): Elizabeth Vandiver, The Great Courses
- Narrateur(s): Elizabeth Vandiver
- Durée: 12 h et 25 min
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These lectures make classical mythology fresh, absorbing, and often surprising....
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Great stuff, worth buying.
- Écrit par david goranitis le 2017-12-31
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Metamorphoses
- Penguin Classics
- Auteur(s): Ovid, David Raeburn - translator, Denis Feeney
- Narrateur(s): Martin Jarvis, John Sackville, Maya Saroya, Autres
- Durée: 18 h et 25 min
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Ovid's sensuous and witty poetry brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation - often as a result of love or lust - where men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings....
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Celtic Mythology
- Tales of Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes
- Auteur(s): Philip Freeman
- Narrateur(s): Gerard Doyle
- Durée: 7 h et 31 min
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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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Too many cut Corners
- Écrit par Ruadraiodoir le 2023-05-04