Ancient Poetry

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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
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 212 ratings
    • 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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    • By: Jalal ad-Din Rumi
    • Narrated by: Anton Lesser
    • Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 12-31-06
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 73 ratings
    • Rumi's Spiritual Verses is the greatest mystical poem in Islamic culture - and of all time....

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    • By: Aristotle
    • Narrated by: Robin Field
    • Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
    • Release date: 08-30-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
    • Aristotle’s Poetics is the earliest-surviving work of dramatic theory....

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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
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 655 ratings
    • 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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    • By: Homer, Alexander Pope - translator
    • Narrated by: Bernard Clark
    • Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 02-22-12
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
    • 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: John Carey
    • Narrated by: Ralph Lister
    • Series: Little Histories Series
    • Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 04-21-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 34 ratings
    • If music is sound organized in a particular way, poetry is a way of organizing language. It is language made special so that it will be remembered and valued. This little history is about some....

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    • By: Francis B. Gummere - translator
    • Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
    • Length: 3 hrs
    • Release date: 03-26-10
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 36 ratings
    • When sleep was at its deepest, night at its blackest, up from the mist-filled marsh came Grendel stalking....

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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
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5,309 ratings
    • 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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    • 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 1,976 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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    • By: Frances B. Grummere - translator
    • Narrated by: Fleet Cooper
    • Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 03-06-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • 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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    • 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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    • 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
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • 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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    • By: Alexander Pope
    • Narrated by: Denis Daly
    • Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
    • Release date: 04-15-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • As the Enlightenment movement was gathering strength in the early 18th century, various challenges to established religious faith were launched. In response, a number of celebrated commentators produced defences of religion and morality, and among these was Alexander Pope....

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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 586 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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