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Act 1
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Kalidasa
In Shakuntala
Ryder originally did a close to literal translation of this 4th or 5th century play by the poet Kalidasa. Quite unwieldly with 7 acts and ov…
Preface by Helen Zimmern
Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi
In The Epic of Kings: Stories Retold from Firdusi
The Shahnameh (The Book of Kings) is a monumental poem composed around 1000 C.E. by the Persian poet Ferdowsi. It narrates the exploits of m…
Ancient Sorceries (West Coast)
Various
In Escape page1
Old Time Radio Programs Escape These are the 1947 though 1949 shows
Part II
Read by Expatriate
Aristophanes
In The Clouds
Strepsiades is an Athenian burdened with debt from a bad marriage and a spendthrift son. He resolves to go to the Thinking Shop, where he c…
Introduction - by Albert Salomon
Read by Brian Mumford
Epictetus
In The Enchiridion (Higginson Translation)
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius is studied and admired by successful people the world over. Marcus Aurelius thought of the Enchiridion in…
Archemedes And The Roman
Unknown
In Box 13
Box 13 starred Alan Ladd as a writer who had a tendency to get himself into trouble solving mysteries he received information about via Box …
Tales Of Antiquity - Cat Among
In Tales Of Antiquity
South African Radio Show Collection No 20 Tales of Antiquity. The series started on Springbok Radio in January 1975 & ended in February …
Chapter 3 - The Most Ancient Civilized Nations
Read by Jake Malizia
Daniel Gregory Mason and The National Society Of Music
In The Art of Music - Volume 01: The Pre-Classic Periods
Volume 1 in the "The Art of Music" series, published by the National Society of Music. This first volume covers the "Pre-Clas…
Preface
Read by Ann Boulais
W. Warde Fowler
In Julius Caesar and the Foundation of the Roman Imperial System
In this volume I have tried to meet the wishes of the publishers, by explaining to those who are comparatively unfamiliar with classical ant…
Part 1
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Euripides
In The Bacchanals
Euripides' Bacchae is based on the Greek myth of King Pentheus of Thebes and his mother Agave and their punishment by the god Dionysus who p…
Foreword
Read by czandra
Annie Besant
In Ancient Ideals in Modern Life: Four Lectures
Four lectures about East Indian spirituality delivered at the twenty-fifth anniversary meeting of the Theosophical Society at Benares, 1900.…
The Ancient Voice
Read by Ben Tucker
Eando Binder
In The Weird Fiction of Fantasy Fan Magazine
The Fantasy Fan was a fanzine edited by Charles D. Hornig that featured exclusive works by many seminal figures from the golden period of we…
Chap. I Introductory
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Unknowntranslated Byhendrik Kern and Unknowntranslated By Hendrik Kern
In Lotus Sutra
The Lotus Sutra is venerated by the Tiantai (天台), Huayan (華嚴), Pure Land (淨土宗), Chan (禪), Cheontae (천태종), Seon (선), Jogye (대한불교조계종), Taego (…
Book 1
Read by Leni
Phaedrus
In The Fables of Phaedrus
The fable is a small narrative, in prose or verse, which has as its main characteristic the aim of conveying a moral lesson (the "moral…
Ancient Sorceries
In Escape 48 02 15 Ancient Sorceries
A traveler intending to spend the night in an old Welsh village, finds that the residents all claim to know him and welcome him back, even t…
Introduction
Read by mleigh
Leigh North
In Predecessors of Cleopatra
This book provides such information as was known at the onset of the 20th Century about Egyptian queens in antiquity. Much has been learned …
Preface
Read by Jake Malizia
Frederic Seebohm
In Tribal Custom in Anglo-Saxon Law
Explores the evolution of law during the period of early medieval England and the influence of tribal practices on later Anglo-Saxon legal s…
The World as Known to the Ancients
Read by Piotr Nater
Joseph Jacobs
In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 082
"Is sin a necessary stage in the development of humanity, or a yawning chasm in the very structure of the universe?” Theologian J. Gres…