Showing titles in Collections
-
-
Greek Tragedy
- By: Elizabeth Vandiver, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Greek tragedy was a dramatic form that flourished for less than a full century. And yet it remains vibrant, alive, and productive today. And the form's masterpieces help us-as perhaps they helped their original audiences-grasp a fuller sense of the terror and wonder of life. Professor Vandiver has designed these 24 rich and rewarding lectures to give you a full overview of Greek tragedy, both in its original setting and as a lasting contribution to the artistic exploration of the human condition.
-
-
Made my journey to work this month a pleasure
- By Amazon Customer on 15-01-15
-
Greek Tragedy
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Series: The Great Courses: Western Literature
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Regular price: £25.99 or 1 Credit
Sale price: £25.99 or 1 Credit
-
-
-
The Odyssey
- By: Homer
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Greek poet Homer established the standard for tales of epic quests and heroic journeys with The Odyssey. Crowded with characters, both human and nonhuman, and bursting with action, The Odyssey details the adventures of Ulysses, king of Ithaca and hero of the Trojan War, as he struggles to return to his home and his waiting, ever-faithful wife, Penelope.
-
-
Only one quibble really
- By Louise on 02-05-16
-
The Odyssey
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 08-06-09
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Regular price: £17.99 or 1 Credit
Sale price: £17.99 or 1 Credit
-
-
-
The Iliad
- By: Homer, Richmond Lattimore - translator
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 22 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Iliad is one of the most enduring creations of Western Civilization and was originally written to be recited or chanted to the accompaniment of various instruments. Properly performed, this work today is just as meaningful, just as powerful and just as entertaining as it was in the ninth century B.C.,and it casts its spell upon modern listeners with the same raw intensity as it did upon the people of ancient times.
-
-
Masterful
- By Bob the Bard on 10-09-17
-
The Iliad
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 22 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 15-01-09
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Regular price: £29.99 or 1 Credit
Sale price: £29.99 or 1 Credit
-
-
-
On the Nature of Things
- By: Lucretius
- Narrated by: Hugh Ross
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Lucretius was born in 99 BC, and On the Nature of Things is his only surviving work. His aim was to free the Roman world from its two great terrors - the gods and death. Lucretius argues that the gods are not actively involved in life, so need not be appeased; and that death is the end of everything human - body and soul - and therefore should not be feared. But On the Nature of Things is also a poem of striking imagery, intimate natural observation and touching pathos.
-
On the Nature of Things
- Narrated by: Hugh Ross
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 31-01-11
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Regular price: £20.99 or 1 Credit
Sale price: £20.99 or 1 Credit
-
-
-
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
- By: Marcus Aurelius
- Narrated by: Alan Munro
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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.
-
-
Good book poorly read.
- By Dr. Gerd Folberth on 04-03-16
-
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
- Narrated by: Alan Munro
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 03-07-12
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Regular price: £14.99 or 1 Credit
Sale price: £14.99 or 1 Credit
-
-
-
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
- By: Marcus Aurelius
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
- Length: 32 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Thousands of years ago Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote these meditations as a guide for his own self-improvement, and they're still relevant today. Bedtime stories are narrated by the world’s most celebrated voices and written with no beginning, middle, or end so you don’t stay up to hear what happens next. They're interesting enough to give your mind something to focus on, but delivered in a way that encourages sleep.
-
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
- Length: 32 mins
- Release date: 14-05-20
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Regular price: £3.99 or 1 Credit
Sale price: £3.99 or 1 Credit
-
-
-
Jason and the Golden Fleece
- The Argonautica
- By: Apollonius of Rhodes, R. C. Seaton - translator, Nicolas Soames - translator
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Jason and the Golden Fleece is one of the finest tales of Ancient Greece, an epic journey of adventure and trial standing beside similar stories of Perseus, Theseus and the Labours of Heracles. The finest classic account comes from Apollonius of Rhodes, the Greek poet of the 3rd century BCE and librarian at Alexandria. Though less well-known than Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, and much shorter, it is an epic poem which is both exciting and moving, with remarkably vivid portraits of the main characters, Jason and Medea.
-
Jason and the Golden Fleece
- The Argonautica
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 27-06-17
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Regular price: £15.99 or 1 Credit
Sale price: £15.99 or 1 Credit
-
-
-
Ancient Skies
- Constellation Mythology of the Greeks
- By: David Weston Marshall
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The stars and constellations are among the few remaining objects that appear to us just as they appeared to our distant ancestors. From anywhere on Earth, a person may view the celestial panorama simply by stepping outside at night and gazing upward. This nonfiction narrative presents the tales of the 48 classical constellations, compiled from literature spanning a thousand years from Homer to Claudius Ptolemy. These age-old tales have captured the human imagination from ancient times to the present.
-
-
fantastic to learn about the stars
- By Brendan on 03-04-24
-
Ancient Skies
- Constellation Mythology of the Greeks
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 07-08-18
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Regular price: £11.99 or 1 Credit
Sale price: £11.99 or 1 Credit
-
-
-
Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 of 2
- By: Plutarch
- Narrated by: B. J. Harrison
- Length: 41 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Plutarchs's (46-120 A.D.) epic chronicle of the lives of great Grecians and Romans. Beginning with the founding of Rome and Athens, the lives of the men who created the ancient world are brought to life in this new, high quality recording. Greats such as Romulus, Pericles, Theseus, Lycurgus and many others come alive as their politics, economy, and their individual stories play out in the time of the Ancients. This translation by John Dryden, which is considered by scholars to be the quintessential translation.
-
-
An absoloute classic and a great read
- By Well That Aged Well on 05-05-23
-
Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 of 2
- Narrated by: B. J. Harrison
- Length: 41 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 06-08-14
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Regular price: £20.99 or 1 Credit
Sale price: £20.99 or 1 Credit
-
-
-
The Trial and the Death of Socrates
- By: Plato
- Narrated by: Bruce Alexander, Jamie Glover, David Timson
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Trial and the Death of Socrates gives a powerful first-hand account of the end of one of the greatest figures in history. In Apology, Socrates defends himself before the Athenian court against charges of corrupting youth. Phaedo is the account of the actual last words and moments of Socrates. Tom Griffith presents these with scene-setting introductions to the historical situation in this new translation.
-
-
What can you say about Socrates
- By Jas Singh on 20-05-18
-
The Trial and the Death of Socrates
- Narrated by: Bruce Alexander, Jamie Glover, David Timson
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 30-12-01
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Regular price: £12.99 or 1 Credit
Sale price: £12.99 or 1 Credit
-
-
-
Classics
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Mary Beard, John Henderson
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
We are all classicists - we come into touch with the classics on a daily basis: in our culture, politics, medicine, architecture, language, and literature. What are the true roots of these influences, however, and how do our interpretations of these aspects of the classics differ from their original reality?
-
-
I'll Amend Review when Done
- By Graham McDougall on 28-07-23
-
Classics
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 14-12-21
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Regular price: £10.99 or 1 Credit
Sale price: £10.99 or 1 Credit
-
-
-
Bad Girls of Ancient Greece
- Myths and Legends from the Baddies that Started it all
- By: Lizzy Tiffin
- Narrated by: Madeleine Leslay
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Bad Girls of Ancient Greece contains profiles of wayward wives, mad mothers, scandalous sisters and damsels, that quite frankly, caused others A LOT of stress in the ancient world. With the ever-growing popularity of mythological retellings, Lizzy Tiffin has written THE guide to all of the baddies of ancient Greece. This book stands as a reminder that us women really have been badasses since the start.
-
Bad Girls of Ancient Greece
- Myths and Legends from the Baddies that Started it all
- Narrated by: Madeleine Leslay
- Length: 9 hrs
- Release date: 06-06-24
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Regular price: £12.99 or 1 Credit
Sale price: £12.99 or 1 Credit
-
-
-
The Aeneid of Virgil
- By: Elizabeth Vandiver, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Aeneid is the great national epic of ancient Rome, and one of the most important works of literature ever written. And with Professor Vandiver's 12 instructive lectures, you'll enter fully into the gripping tale that Virgil tells. Join Aeneas on his long journey west from ruined Troy to the founding of a new nation in Italy, and see how he weaves a rich network of compelling human themes. Your encounter with the Aeneid focuses on careful, detailed examinations of the epic's background, main themes, and significant episodes.
-
-
Excellent and lucid series of lectures
- By Mr. D on 10-01-15
-
The Aeneid of Virgil
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Series: The Great Courses: Western Literature
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Regular price: £12.99 or 1 Credit
Sale price: £12.99 or 1 Credit
-
-
-
An Introduction to Greek Philosophy
- By: David Roochnik, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: David Roochnik
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
More than 2,500 years later, the fundamental questions asked by the ancient Greeks continue to challenge, fascinate, and instruct us. Is reality stable and permanent or is it always changing? Are ethical values like justice and courage relative? What is justice? What is happiness? How shall we best live our lives?In this series of 24 lectures, Professor Roochnik invites you to join this eternal discussion.
-
-
Excellent introduction to Greek philosophy
- By Gerry Lynch on 26-03-14
-
An Introduction to Greek Philosophy
- Narrated by: David Roochnik
- Series: The Great Courses: Ancient Philosophy
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Regular price: £25.99 or 1 Credit
Sale price: £25.99 or 1 Credit
-
-
-
Aesop’s Fables
- By: Aesop
- Narrated by: Samantha Worthen
- Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
These classic fables use simple allegories to convey universal truths. Though it is unkown if Aesop ever actually existed, dating back to the sixth century, BC, these fables are known in cultures throughout the world and have been translated into many languages.
-
Aesop’s Fables
- Narrated by: Samantha Worthen
- Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 05-03-12
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Regular price: £11.99 or 1 Credit
Sale price: £11.99 or 1 Credit
-
-
-
Prometheus Bound
- By: Aeschylus
- Narrated by: Robin Field
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When a jealous Zeus discovers that the compassionate Titan, Prometheus, has introduced the gift of fire to liberate mere mortals from oppression and servitude, he has Prometheus bound to a rocky prison in the Scythian desert, where the god discloses the reason for his punishment.
-
Prometheus Bound
- Narrated by: Robin Field
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Release date: 07-10-10
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Regular price: £9.99 or 1 Credit
Sale price: £9.99 or 1 Credit
-
-
-
Herodotus: The Father of History
- By: Elizabeth Vandiver, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Witness the "works and wonders" of the ancient world through the eyes of its first great historian in this sparkling series of 24 lectures from a much-honored teacher and classical scholar.Herodotus (c. 484-420 B.C.E.) was a Greek who was born in what is now the modern Turkish resort town of Bodrum and who died, so tradition says, in the south of Italy. In between, his tirelessly inquiring mind took him from one corner of the known world to another.
-
-
If you love Herodotus, listen to this!
- By Michael on 08-10-16
-
Herodotus: The Father of History
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Series: The Great Courses: Western Literature
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Regular price: £25.99 or 1 Credit
Sale price: £25.99 or 1 Credit
-
-
-
The Iliad of Homer
- By: Elizabeth Vandiver, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
For thousands of years, Homer's ancient epic poem the
Iliad has enchanted readers from around the world. 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. Her compelling 12-lecture look at this literary masterpiece -whether it's the work of many authors or the "vision" of a single blind poet - makes it vividly clear why, after almost 3,000 years, the
Iliad remains not only among the greatest adventure stories ever told but also one of the most compelling meditations on the human condition ever written.
-
-
Informative and intriguing!
- By Amazon Customer on 06-11-17
-
The Iliad of Homer
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Series: The Great Courses: Western Literature
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Regular price: £12.99 or 1 Credit
Sale price: £12.99 or 1 Credit
-
-
-
Heroes and Legends
- The Most Influential Characters of Literature
- By: Thomas A. Shippey, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Thomas A. Shippey
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Odysseus. Robinson Crusoe. Harry Potter. What do these memorable characters have in common? Why do we turn to certain stories again and again? And what impact have they made on world history? These 24 eye-opening lectures give fresh insight into some of the greatest heroes in world literature, from warriors such as Beowulf and Odysseus to unexpected heroes such as Uncle Tom and Sancho Panza. Professor Shippey gives you an inside glimpse into the writer's process.
-
-
Society Shapes Heroes
- By Storfod on 08-07-14
-
Heroes and Legends
- The Most Influential Characters of Literature
- Narrated by: Thomas A. Shippey
- Series: The Great Courses: World Literature
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 07-03-14
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Regular price: £25.99 or 1 Credit
Sale price: £25.99 or 1 Credit
-
-
-
Classical Mythology
- By: Elizabeth Vandiver, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
These 24 lectures are a vibrant introduction to the primary characters and most important stories of classical Greek and Roman mythology. Among those you'll investigate are the accounts of the creation of the world in Hesiod's Theogony and Ovid's Metamorphoses; the gods Zeus, Apollo, Demeter, Persephone, Hermes, Dionysos, and Aphrodite; the Greek heroes, Theseus and Heracles (Hercules in the Roman version); and the most famous of all classical myths, the Trojan War.
-
-
really interesting listen
- By Nick on 03-02-17
-
Classical Mythology
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Series: The Great Courses: Western Literature
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Regular price: £25.99 or 1 Credit
Sale price: £25.99 or 1 Credit
-