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Sappho: A New Rendering
Read by Libby Gohn
Sappho
Sappho lived in the Greek-speaking Aeolian islands off the coast of Turkey. She is one of the very few female poets from antiquity. Although…
Eusebius History of the Christian Church
Read by David Leeson
Eusebius Of Caesarea
Eusebius presents the history of the Church from the apostles to his own time, with special regard to the following points:1. the succession…
The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth
Read by Alex C. Telander
H. G. Wells
Two stuffy English scientists, always looking to further their scientific knowledge, create a substance called Herakleophorbia, which in its…
Lesser Hippias
Read by Kevin Johnson
Plato
This work may not be by Plato, or his entirely, but Jowett has offered his sublime translation, and seems to lean towards including it in th…
Eudemian Ethics
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Aristotle
Eudemian Ethics (Greek: ΗΘΙΚΩΝ ΕΥΔΗΜΙΩΝ Latin: ETHICA EUDEMIA) discusses topics including virtue, friendship, happiness and God. It is belie…
ΠΕΖΑ (Peza)
ΚΩΣΤΑΣ ΚΑΡΥΩΤΑΚΗΣ
(published 1938)Τα πεζά του Καρυωτάκη, 9 ιστορίες, με μια δόση φανταστικού, μια αίσθηση νοσταλγίας, ονειροπόλησης, αλλά και κάποια απαισιοδο…
A Guide to Mythology
Read by PhyllisV
Helen Clarke
My aim in this book on Mythology for young readers has been to give them solid knowledge on the subject, as far as it is advisable to go wit…
Electra (Murray Translation)
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Euripides
Electra (the Unmated One) is eaten up with hatred of her mother Clytemnestra and stepfather Aegisthus for their murder of her father Agamemn…
A Book of Myths
Read by James K. White
Jean Lang
This is a collection of myths--mostly Greek with a smattering of others from the east--written in a clear and easy-to-read style. Lang compl…
On the Duties of the Clergy
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Saint Ambrose
Composed about A.D. 391., this treatise of St. Ambrose may as well be called "Concerning Christian Virtues" as it practically offe…
The Odyssey (Book 6)
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Homer
Nausicaa, daughter of Alcinous, king of the Phaeacians, is asleep when Athena comes to her to suggest that she go down to the river the next…
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
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E. M. Berens
This is a comprehensive collection of all the major and minor gods of Rome and Greece, with descriptions of festivals and retellings of majo…
The Acharnians (Billson Translation)
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Aristophanes
Loaded with cryptic, nearly indecipherable inside jokes and double entendres, this early comedy of Aristophanes has a simple, anti-war premi…
Theaetetus
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Plato
Theaetetus (Ancient Greek: Θεαίτητος) discusses concepts including perception, true judgment and knowledge. Socrates compares the human mind…
Prometheus Bound (Buckley Translation)
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Aeschylus
"Prometheus Bound" is the only complete tragedy of the Prometheia trilogy, traditionally assumed to be the work of Aeschylus. Jupi…
Ecclesiazusae
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Aristophanes
Στην αρχαια Αθηνα οι γυναικες αποφασισαν να παρουν την εξουσια απο τους αντρες για να λυσουν τα προβληματα του κρατους και των πολιτων. Λεγε…
Eutifrón
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Plato (Πλάτων) and Plato
La naturaleza de la santidad, o usando el lenguaje de Platón, lo santo, ocupa el fondo del diálogo; y un supuesto encuentro de…
Quo Vadis
Read by David Leeson
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Sienkiewicz’s epic novel of ancient Rome finds the Empire at the height of her power and splendor, but struggling with the madness and cruel…