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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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And his armour fell rattling around him...
- By P. Ward on 03-11-11
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The Iliad & The Odyssey
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Series: Iliad & Odyssey, Book 1 & 2
- Length: 28 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 28-12-03
- Language: English
- 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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The Divine Comedy
- Penguin Classics
- By: Robin Kirkpatrick - translator, Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Jot Davies, Robin Kirkpatrick, Kristin Atherton
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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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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A classic
- By Cameron ms on 20-02-21
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The Divine Comedy
- Penguin Classics
- Narrated by: Jot Davies, Robin Kirkpatrick, Kristin Atherton
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 01-10-20
- Language: English
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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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The Iliad
- Penguin Classics
- By: Homer, E. V. Rieu, D. C. H. Rieu, and others
- Narrated by: Steve John Shepherd
- Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode in the Trojan War....
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very enjoyable
- By Seatonian on 10-12-21
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The Iliad
- Penguin Classics
- Narrated by: Steve John Shepherd
- Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 23-04-20
- Language: English
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One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode in the Trojan War....
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The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Christopher Tolkien
- Length: 56 mins
- Unabridged
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First ever audio edition of one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s most important poetic dramas, that explores timely themes such as the nature of heroism and chivalry during war....
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great but wished it contained all the book
- By Anonymous User on 31-03-23
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The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth
- Narrated by: Christopher Tolkien
- Length: 56 mins
- Release date: 30-03-23
- Language: English
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First ever audio edition of one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s most important poetic dramas, that explores timely themes such as the nature of heroism and chivalry during war....
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The Iliad
- By: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Audra McDonald
- Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Incredible Translation and Performance
- By Billie on 25-09-24
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The Iliad
- Narrated by: Audra McDonald
- Series: Iliad & Odyssey, Book 1, Audible Iliad & Odyssey, Book 1
- Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 26-09-23
- Language: English
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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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The Divine Comedy
- Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso
- By: Dante Alighieri, Stephen Wyatt
- Narrated by: Blake Ritson, John Hurt, David Warner, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
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Blake Ritson, David Warner, Hattie Morahan and John Hurt star in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Dante's epic poem "Inferno"....
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Very good
- By Andyjn on 06-01-16
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The Divine Comedy
- Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso
- Narrated by: Blake Ritson, John Hurt, David Warner, Hattie Morahan, Full Cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 18-09-14
- Language: English
- Blake Ritson, David Warner, Hattie Morahan and John Hurt star in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Dante's epic poem "Inferno"....
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The Odyssey (Dramatised)
- By: Homer, Simon Armitage - dramatisation
- Narrated by: Tim McInnerny, Amanda Redman, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
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In a 20-year journey, fabulous fantasy mixes with extraordinary reality as Odysseus encounters enchantresses, nymphs, monsters, prophets, and ghosts....
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Between 'The Archers' & 'Hitchhiker's Guide...'!
- By Tim on 05-03-11
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The Odyssey (Dramatised)
- Narrated by: Tim McInnerny, Amanda Redman, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 15-04-05
- Language: English
- In a 20-year journey, fabulous fantasy mixes with extraordinary reality as Odysseus encounters enchantresses, nymphs, monsters, prophets, and ghosts....
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The Divine Comedy
- The Inferno, The Purgatorio, & The Paradiso
- By: Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up through Purgatory, and on to Paradise....
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Wrong translation listed
- By Charlie Furber on 06-10-24
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The Divine Comedy
- The Inferno, The Purgatorio, & The Paradiso
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 18-05-09
- Language: English
- Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up through Purgatory, and on to Paradise....
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Metamorphoses
- Penguin Classics
- By: Ovid, David Raeburn - translator, Denis Feeney
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis, John Sackville, Maya Saroya, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Enjoyable but marred by mistakes in the narration.
- By L. J. W. Cych on 06-06-20
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Metamorphoses
- Penguin Classics
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis, John Sackville, Maya Saroya, David Raeburn
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 23-04-20
- Language: English
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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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Paradise Lost
- By: John Milton
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language....
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An awe-inspiring book read flawlessly by SV
- By Robin on 15-03-15
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Paradise Lost
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 21-10-09
- Language: English
- John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language....
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The Iliad
- By: Homer
- Narrated by: Charles Purkey
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
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The Iliad is one of the two great epics of Homer, and is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time, but to say the...
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Homer: The Iliad
- By Phoebe's mum on 12-06-20
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The Iliad
- Narrated by: Charles Purkey
- Series: Iliad & Odyssey, Book 1
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 01-07-19
- Language: English
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The Iliad is one of the two great epics of Homer, and is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time, but to say the...
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Vergil
- A Mythological Musical
- By: Maria Dahvana Headley
- Narrated by: Will Young, Claudia Kariuki, Derek Jacobi, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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You may think you know Vergil’s epic poem, The Aeneid - the story of Aeneas, a Trojan hero, prophesized to found Rome....
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Absolutely loved this!
- By Steve on 11-06-23
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Vergil
- A Mythological Musical
- Narrated by: Will Young, Claudia Kariuki, Derek Jacobi, Le Gateau Chocolat, Alice Fearn, John Partridge, Divina de Campo
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 08-06-23
- Language: English
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You may think you know Vergil’s epic poem, The Aeneid - the story of Aeneas, a Trojan hero, prophesized to found Rome....
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Paradise Lost
- Penguin Classics
- By: John Milton, John Leonard
- Narrated by: Adrian Schiller
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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In Paradise Lost, Milton produced a poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time....
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Lives up to the hype!
- By KT on 25-07-20
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Paradise Lost
- Penguin Classics
- Narrated by: Adrian Schiller
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 25-06-20
- Language: English
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In Paradise Lost, Milton produced a poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time....
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Theogony
- By: Hesiod, Hugh G. Evelyn-White
- Narrated by: Victor Craig
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
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Hesiod's Theogony is a large-scale synthesis of a vast variety of local Greek traditions concerning the gods, organized as a narrative that tells how they came to be and how they established permanent control over the cosmos. It is the first Greek mythical cosmogony....
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Loved it!
- By me,myself,andI on 30-08-20
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Theogony
- Narrated by: Victor Craig
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
- Release date: 02-04-20
- Language: English
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Hesiod's Theogony is a large-scale synthesis of a vast variety of local Greek traditions concerning the gods, organized as a narrative that tells how they came to be and how they established permanent control over the cosmos. It is the first Greek mythical cosmogony....
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Paradise Lost
- By: John Milton
- Narrated by: Nadia May
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
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Paradise Lost is considered to be the best epic poem in the English language, as John Milton seeks to "justify the ways of God to men"....
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Paradise Lost
- Narrated by: Nadia May
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 09-02-09
- Language: English
- Paradise Lost is considered to be the best epic poem in the English language, as John Milton seeks to "justify the ways of God to men"....
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Ramayana
- By: William Buck
- Narrated by: Ram Dass
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
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This story of Lord Rama — the 7th incarnation of Lord Vishnu— i s a wondrous tale of cosmic adventure that immerses the listener in a world of heroes, gods, and demons....
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Love everything by Ram Dass
- By Anonymous User on 27-07-22
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The Divine Comedy
- By: Dante Alighieri, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - translator
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
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Dante's Divine Comedy is considered to be not only the most important epic poem in Italian literature, but also one of the greatest poems ever written....
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Dull!
- By David on 13-06-14
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The Divine Comedy
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 17-09-09
- Language: English
- Dante's Divine Comedy is considered to be not only the most important epic poem in Italian literature, but also one of the greatest poems ever written....
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Beowulf
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 3 hrs
- Release date: 26-03-10
- Language: English
- When sleep was at its deepest, night at its blackest, up from the mist-filled marsh came Grendel stalking....
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Purgatorio
- Divine Comedy, Book Two
- By: Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Joe Carlson
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
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Dante’s Purgatorio follows the pilgrim as he emerges from the grit and grime of Hell, and comes to the shores of sanctification, the mountain where souls are made holy and beautiful.
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Purgatorio
- Divine Comedy, Book Two
- Narrated by: Joe Carlson
- Series: The Divine Comedy, Book 2
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 06-03-24
- Language: English
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Dante’s Purgatorio follows the pilgrim as he emerges from the grit and grime of Hell, and comes to the shores of sanctification, the mountain where souls are made holy and beautiful.
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The Odyssey
- By: Homer
- Narrated by: Charles Purkey
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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Odysseus has been away from Ithaca, the Greek city-state under his rule, for ten years while fighting in the Trojan War. After the fall of...
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Terrible narration
- By Dr C A fraser-Mood on 08-07-20
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The Odyssey
- Narrated by: Charles Purkey
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 06-09-19
- Language: English
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Odysseus has been away from Ithaca, the Greek city-state under his rule, for ten years while fighting in the Trojan War. After the fall of...
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