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It is the ninth year of the Greeks' siege of Troy. Will the fighting go on forever? Achilles, the greatest of Greek heroes, is angered by Agamemnon and decides to withdraw from the battle. What is the reason for his wrath? Is there anything that will make him change his mind and return to the battlefield? Both armies have suffered tremendous losses, and the long war seems to be heading towards a stalemate.

Homer Hickam recalls his first years as a NASA engineer, while also telling the story of his fluffy black and white cat Paco, who had the magic ability to make people smile and give them hope. But when Paco was struck down by a disease that left him unable to walk, Hickam was faced with a terrible decision, let his beloved cat live in misery or put him to sleep. Before that decision could be made, the space mission Hickam was working on needed to be rescued and there was only one sure way to save it: Paco's magic meow!

Crescent is a crowhopper - a genetically modified mercenary programmed for ruthless warfare. When she’s taken prisoner by Crater Trueblood instead of being killed in battle, she thinks it’s a disaster. Crater is weary of war. He’s a miner, not a soldier. He’d rather be mining Helium-3 than battling the infernal crowhoppers. But after he captures Crescent and brings her to Moontown, he’s surprised how much he enjoys her company. When she’s falsely accused of murder, he becomes an outlaw to help her escape.

Odisseya - vtoraya (posle Iliady ) klassicheskaya pojema, pripisyvaemaya drevnegrecheskomu pojetu Gomeru. Sozdana, verojatno, v VIII veke do n. je. ili neskol'ko pozzhe. Rasskazyvaet o prikljucheniyah mificheskogo geroja po imeni Odissej vo vremya ego vozvrashheniya na rodinu po okonchanii Troyanskoj vojny, a takzhe o prikljucheniyah ego zheny Penelopy, ozhidavshej Odisseya na Itake.

La Odisea se llama asi por las fantasticas e increíbles desventuras de Odiseo ocurridas entre su partida de los campos troyanos y su arribo en Itaca 33 años después. Junto con la Illiada, La Odisea constituye una de las piedras angulares de la cultura occidental. El relato que hace Homero de las aventuras de Odiseo en su camino de regreso desde Troya hasta su patria, Ítaca, ha sido desde siempre una mina inagotable de motivos e imágenes para escritores y artistas.

Los principales personajes de la obra principal de Homero - Alquiles, Paris, Menelao, Agamenón, Héctor - han quedado inmortalizados a través de este grandioso drama épico, uno de los más impresionantes que se han escrito jamás. Aquiles, guerrero formidable de supuesta inmortalidad, se enfada con Agamenón, el rey aqueo, quien le quita una esclava y por eso deja de luchar. Aquiles le ruega a Zeus que los aqueos pierdan y así los troyanos comienzan a hostigarlos.

The Odyssey is the second - the Iliad being the first - masterpiece by Homer. The story of a long journey by the king of Ithaca, Odysseus, as he returns home after the Trojan War has been frequently published, staged, and filmed. This audio performance of the classic epic poem is comparable to the ancient method of travelling artists who sang their poems in hexameter.

La historia de la guerra de Troya. La anecdota suele regodearse sobre la figura legendaria de Homero, supuesto juglar ciego que iba de pueblo en pueblo cantando sus grandes narraciones epicas.

Los viajes y aventuras de Ulises. La anecdota suele regodearse sobre la figura legendaria de Homero, supuesto juglar ciego que iba de pueblo en pueblo cantando sus grandes narraciones epicas. La Iliada, una narracion de la Guerra de Troya, originada en el rapto que hizo Paris de la mujer mas bella del mundo, Helena y La Odisea, la descripcion de las aventuras del sabio Ulises u Odiseo en su vuelta a Itaca, su patria, terminada la guerra...

"Iliaden" er både en af de første og en af de største fortællinger i verdenshistorien. I 24 sange fortæller digtet om den trojanske krig mellem Troja og en lang række af de græske bystater. Det episke digt er smukt og dramatisk skrevet, ligesom de uforglemmelige og legendariske karakterer som Odysseus og Achilleus kommer til live i den spændende historie. Homer er navnet på den græske digter, der siges at have skrevet de to episke værker "Iliaden" og "Odysseen".

Die "Odyssee" von Homer gilt als eines der ältesten und einflussreichsten Werke der abendländischen Literatur. Sie ist neben der "Ilias" das wohl bekannteste Epos der griechischen Mythologie. Und sie ist immer wieder neu zu entdecken: In dieser einzigartigen Hörspielinszenierung des SWR bleibt die zehnjährige Heimreise des griechischen Heldenkönigs packend bis zur letzten Minute. Die Schauspielerlegende Michael Degen begeistert als Odysseus, der Sieger von Troja und Bezwinger von Riesen und Zauberinnen. Ein Muss für alle Klassikerfans!

A mining colony on the moon. A deadly mission. And a secret bigger than two worlds. Sixteen-year-old Crater Trueblood loves his job as a Helium-3 miner. But when he saves a fellow miner, his life changes forever. Impressed by his heroism, the owner of the mine orders Crater to undertake a dangerous mission. Crater doesn't think he can do it, but he has no choice. He must go. With the help of Maria, the mine owner's frustrating but gorgeous granddaughter, and his gillie - a sometimes insubordinate clump of slime mold cells - Crater must fight both human and subhuman enemies.

Song Hawkins is a beautiful, tough, but lonely New York City businesswoman who thinks she's met the man of her dreams in Cable Jordan, the superintendent of a West Virginia coal mine. But soon after they impulsively marry, Song realizes they're in big trouble. She can't imagine life outside of New York, and Cable has no intention of leaving his beloved town of Highcoal. Song's visit to the little mining community only makes things worse. It looks like the marriage is over. But in a shocking turn of events, Song realizes it's up to her to put on the red helmet of the new coal miner.

If there's one thing that the brothers Matt and Nick Homer like more than Fantasy Premier League, it's trying to out do each other with their respective FPL Teams. However, with both of them struggling to watch every Premier League game and scour the web for online stats and spreadsheets, they've taken to shaping their Teams by taking on the advice of different FPL content creators.Matt prefers to glean this FPL wisdom via different podcasts and Nick enjoys the no nonsense immediacy of Tik Tok for his inspiration. In keeping with their friendly sibling rivalry, they wanted to see whose team ...

The Definitive War Novels Collection is a collection of 11 works that all centre around the destruction of war, and span out to encompass themes from family to love and beyond. Read by esteemed cast of award-winning narrators, included here are novels and epics from Ernest Hemingway; Erich Maria Remarque; Leo Tolstoy; Homer; Stephen Graves; Rebecca West; and many more.

Dating to the ninth century B.C., 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. Renowned classicist Bernard Knox observes in his superb introduction that although the violence of the Iliad is grim and relentless, it coexists with both images of civilized life and a poignant yearning for peace.

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Weekly sermons of Homer Reformed Baptist Church, by Pastor Nathaniel Jolly. Join Nathaniel as he exposits the Word of God with faithful scriptural analysis and direct biblical exposition. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homerrbc/support

Hosts Jessica and Diane revisit beloved films from our past and discuss whether or not they still hold up in the 2020s: and by that we mean culturally, ethically, humorously, and through our own personal gut checks. If they do, they pass our “smell test”!

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