Ancient Poetry

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    • By: Jalal ad-Din Rumi
    • Narrated by: Anton Lesser
    • Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 12-31-06
    • Language: English
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    • Rumi's Spiritual Verses is the greatest mystical poem in Islamic culture - and of all time....

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    • By: Homer, Alexander Pope - translator
    • Narrated by: Bernard Clark
    • Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 02-22-12
    • Language: English
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    • Homer's epic poem, written near the end of eighth century BC in Greece, follows the hero Odysseus as he journeys home after the fall of Troy....

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    • By: Aristotle
    • Narrated by: Robin Field
    • Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
    • Release date: 08-30-10
    • Language: English
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    • Aristotle’s Poetics is the earliest-surviving work of dramatic theory....

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    • By: Homer, Alexander Pope - translator
    • Narrated by: Michael Page
    • Length: 20 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 06-14-10
    • 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 Fitzgerald Translation
    • By: Homer, Robert Fitzgerald - translator
    • Narrated by: Dan Stevens
    • Series: Iliad & Odyssey, Book 1
    • Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 09-02-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,956 ratings
    • Since it was first published more than 25 years ago, Robert Fitzgerald's prizewinning translation of Homer's battle epic has become a classic in its own right....

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    • The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan
    • By: Kazuaki Tanahashi
    • Narrated by: Brian Nishii
    • Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 12-09-14
    • Language: English
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    • This collection contains more than 140 of Ryokan's poems, with selections of his art, and of the very funny anecdotes about him....

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    • Uncovering a Bronze Age journey around the Mediterranean Sea
    • By: Eric Horn
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 12-11-24
    • Language: English
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    • Isolated in a desolate corner of Algeria, Dr. Jade Asher-Reece unearthed the greatest archaeological finds of the century. As she pieces together ...

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    • Give Me Life
    • By: Harold Bloom
    • Narrated by: Simon Vance
    • Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 09-18-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 43 ratings
    • Falstaff is both a comic and tragic central protagonist in Shakespeare's three Henry plays. Award-winning author and esteemed professor Harold Bloom examines Falstaff with the deepest compassion and sympathy and also with unerring wisdom....

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    • By: Tony McKInley
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 16 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 03-11-25
    • Language: English
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    • McKinley introduces his readers to over thirty authors of the ancient classics, illuminating who they were, the times they lived in, and their ...

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    • By: Frances B. Grummere - translator
    • Narrated by: Fleet Cooper
    • Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 03-06-12
    • Language: English
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    • Commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature, Beowulf is an epic poem that traces the exploits of the titular hero....

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    • The Greek Myths Reimagined
    • By: Stephen Fry
    • Narrated by: Stephen Fry
    • Series: Mythos, Book 3
    • Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 06-22-21
    • Language: English
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    • In this brilliant conclusion to his best-selling Mythos trilogy, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry retells the tale of the Trojan War....

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    • By: Homer, Robert Fagles - translator
    • Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, Maria Tucci
    • Series: Iliad & Odyssey, Book 1
    • Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 12-16-99
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 575 ratings
    • Dating to the ninth century BC, 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....

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