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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…

esca.1948.02.15_Ancient_Sorceries


Various


In Escape 1947 - 1948

Escape 1947 - 1948 OTR

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

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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…

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