Showing titles in Ancient, Classical & Medieval Literature
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The Iliad
- By: Homer, Edward Earl of Derby - translator
- Narrated by: Dikran Tulaine
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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The Illiad dates back to the 8th century BC and is Homer's epic precursor to The Odyssey. Set during the Trojan War, it tells of battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles.
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The Iliad
- Narrated by: Dikran Tulaine
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 29-02-12
- Language: English
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The Aeneid of Virgil
- By: Elizabeth Vandiver, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall94
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Performance80
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Story79
The Aeneid is the great national epic of ancient Rome, and one of the most important works of literature ever written. And with Professor Vandiver's 12 instructive lectures, you'll enter fully into the gripping tale that Virgil tells. Join Aeneas on his long journey west from ruined Troy to the founding of a new nation in Italy, and see how he weaves a rich network of compelling human themes. Your encounter with the Aeneid focuses on careful, detailed examinations of the epic's background, main themes, and significant episodes.
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Excellent and lucid series of lectures
- By Mr. D on 10-01-15
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The Aeneid of Virgil
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Series: The Great Courses: Western Literature
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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The Persian Expedition
- The March of the Ten Thousand, or Anabasis
- By: Xenophon
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall40
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Performance35
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Story35
Seeking to depose his brother Artaxerxes and take his place upon the Persian throne, Cyrus the Younger leads the 10,000 mercenaries on a dangerous campaign deep into the heart of Persia. There, Cyrus is killed and his generals overthrown, leaving a young Xenophon to lead the army on its treacherous journey home. Snowy mountains, wide rivers, violent blizzards, and hostile tribes obstruct their way, testing Xenophon's leadership and his soldiers' perseverance to the extreme.
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Very good
- By Jim C. on 03-07-22
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The Persian Expedition
- The March of the Ten Thousand, or Anabasis
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 13-03-20
- Language: English
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Layli and Majnun
- By: Nezami Ganjavi, Dick Davis, Dick Davis - introduction, and others
- Narrated by: Dick Davis, Peter Ganim, Serena Manteghi, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance8
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The Persian epic that inspired Eric Clapton's unforgettable love song "Layla" and that Lord Byron called "the Romeo and Juliet of the East," in a masterly new translation The iconic love story of the Middle East, by a twelfth-century Persian poet who has been compared to Shakespeare for his...
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Absolutely superb!
- By Dennis Sommers on 14-02-21
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Layli and Majnun
- Narrated by: Dick Davis, Peter Ganim, Serena Manteghi, Sean Rohani
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 09-02-21
- Language: English
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Paradise Lost
- By: John Milton
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall510
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Performance419
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Story417
In words remarkable for their richness of rhythm and imagery, Milton tells the story of man's creation, fall, and redemption, "to justify the ways of God to men". Here, unabridged, and told with exceptional sensitivity and power by Anton Lesser, is the plight of Adam and Eve, the ambition and vengefulness of Satan and his cohorts.
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Sonorous metal
- By Francis on 06-12-07
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Paradise Lost
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 26-12-04
- Language: English
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Macbeth
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Joanne Whalley, Josh Cooke, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall215
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Performance190
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Story192
Infamously known as the cursed Scottish play, Macbeth is perhaps Shakespeare’s darkest tragedy. When General Macbeth is foretold by three witches that he will one day be King of Scotland, Lady Macbeth convinces him to get rid of anyone who could stand in his way – including committing regicide. As Macbeth ascends to the throne through bloody murder, he becomes a tyrant consumed by fear and paranoia.
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Great for revision !!
- By Amazon Customer on 03-05-18
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Macbeth
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Joanne Whalley, Josh Cooke, JD Cullum, Dan Donohue, Jeannie Elias, Chuma Gault
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Release date: 09-09-11
- Language: English
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Classics
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Mary Beard, John Henderson
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance5
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Story5
We are all classicists - we come into touch with the classics on a daily basis: in our culture, politics, medicine, architecture, language, and literature. What are the true roots of these influences, however, and how do our interpretations of these aspects of the classics differ from their original reality?
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I'll Amend Review when Done
- By Graham McDougall on 28-07-23
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Classics
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 14-12-21
- Language: English
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Penguin Classics
- By: Bernard O'Donoghue, Bernard O'Donoghue - translator
- Narrated by: Frank Turner
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance15
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Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is narrated by Singer/Songwriter and folk-punk icon Frank Turner. Frank Turner has released eight solo studio albums, the most recent of which was No Man's Land, which contained songs celebrating some of the most important women throughout history...
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A great story well narrated
- By John on 21-02-22
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Penguin Classics
- Narrated by: Frank Turner
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 28-05-20
- Language: English
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Everyday Shakespeare
- Lines for Life
- By: Ben Crystal, David Crystal
- Narrated by: Ben Crystal, David Crystal, Hillary Crystal
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance0
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An absolutely joyous, gasp-out-loud achievement. - Stephen Fry A cathedral of consciousness - Shakespeare's uncanny insight into human nature finds us, unearthed here. - LionHeart, artist, poet, and BBC Radio London presenter Shakespeare had an ear and hand that was able to capture our everyday...
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Everyday Shakespeare
- Lines for Life
- Narrated by: Ben Crystal, David Crystal, Hillary Crystal
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 07-09-23
- Language: English
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The Iliad
- A New Translation
- By: Homer, Stephen Mitchell - translator
- Narrated by: Alfred Molina
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall59
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Performance51
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Story51
Man seduces another's wife then kidnaps her. The husband and his brother get a gang together to steal her back and take revenge. The woman regrets being seduced and wants to escape, whilst the man's entourage resent the position they have been placed in. Yet the battle lines have been drawn and...
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Tedious Brilliance
- By Jason on 06-06-14
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The Iliad
- A New Translation
- Narrated by: Alfred Molina
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 15-12-11
- Language: English
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The Mighty Dead
- Why Homer Matters
- By: Adam Nicolson
- Narrated by: Dugald Bruce Lockhart
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall62
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Performance49
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Story49
Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (now the Bailie Gifford) ‘A thrilling and complex book, enlarges our view of Homer … There’s something that hits the mark on every page’ Claire Tomalin, Books of the Year, New Statesman Where does Homer come from? And why does...
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Often thought provoking, occasionally cringeworthy
- By Richard Bowden on 03-06-15
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The Mighty Dead
- Why Homer Matters
- Narrated by: Dugald Bruce Lockhart
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 26-02-15
- Language: English
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The Iliad
- By: Homer, Ian Johnston - translator
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 16 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall243
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Performance183
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Story180
Perhaps the greatest poem of the Western world, The Iliad tells the story of 50 critical days towards the end of the Trojan war. Achilles has quarrelled with Agamemnon and sulks in his tent, while Hector brings his Trojans to the brink of victory; but fate will have the last word.
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the best of the lot
- By MR on 13-04-13
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The Iliad
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 16 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 01-01-06
- Language: English
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The Playboy of the Western World
- By: J. M. Synge
- Narrated by: Cyril Cusack, Siobhan McKenna
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall29
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Performance22
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Story22
One of the best-known Irish playwrights, John Millington Synge premiered The Playboy of the Western World in 1907. It immediately provoked controversy, eventually resulting in the infamous "Playboy" riots. It has been recorded and adapted many times, but this timeless recording stars the Irish actors who made it a classic, including Siobhan McKenna and Cyril Cusack.
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A most accurate and authentic re-enactment.
- By Honest Reviews on 19-09-18
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The Playboy of the Western World
- Narrated by: Cyril Cusack, Siobhan McKenna
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Release date: 26-01-09
- Language: English
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The Iliad
- By: Homer, Alexander Pope - translator
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 20 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall20
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Performance18
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Story17
One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode in the Trojan War. At its center is Achilles, the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks, and his refusal to fight after being humiliated by his leader, Agamemnon.
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Classic
- By jamie on 31-08-25
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The Iliad
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 20 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 14-06-10
- Language: English
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Classical Mythology
- By: Elizabeth Vandiver, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
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Overall277
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Performance234
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Story231
These 24 lectures are a vibrant introduction to the primary characters and most important stories of classical Greek and Roman mythology. Among those you'll investigate are the accounts of the creation of the world in Hesiod's Theogony and Ovid's Metamorphoses; the gods Zeus, Apollo, Demeter, Persephone, Hermes, Dionysos, and Aphrodite; the Greek heroes, Theseus and Heracles (Hercules in the Roman version); and the most famous of all classical myths, the Trojan War.
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really interesting listen
- By Nick on 03-02-17
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Classical Mythology
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Series: The Great Courses: Western Literature
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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A Shropshire Lad
- By: A. E. Housman
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall84
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Performance75
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Story74
Published at the author’s own expense in 1896, after rejection from publishers, this collection contains a cycle of 63 poems. Despite exploring themes of lost love, obsession, pessimism, and death, the poems touched English readers and the book became a best seller during the Second Boer War and World War I. The collection, set in a half-imagined pastoral Shropshire, includes the well-known poems "When I Was One-and-Twenty", "To an Athlete Dying Young", and "Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now".
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Enjoyable way to pass an hour
- By Stuart A. McIntosh on 12-05-22
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A Shropshire Lad
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
- Release date: 01-06-11
- Language: English
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra
- A Book for All and None
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Narrated by: Christopher Oxford
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall77
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Performance68
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Story68
Thus Spoke Zarathustra is one of the most extraordinary - and important - texts in Western philosophy. It was written by Friedrich Nietzsche between 1883 and 1885. He cast it in the form of a novel in the hope that his urgent message of the 'death of God' and the rise of the superman (Ubermensch) would have greater emotional as well as intellectual impact.
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Best Narration of this book thus far!
- By Kindle Customer on 29-02-16
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra
- A Book for All and None
- Narrated by: Christopher Oxford
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 11-12-15
- Language: English
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On the Nature of Things
- By: Lucretius
- Narrated by: Hugh Ross
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall22
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Performance16
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Lucretius was born in 99 BC, and On the Nature of Things is his only surviving work. His aim was to free the Roman world from its two great terrors - the gods and death. Lucretius argues that the gods are not actively involved in life, so need not be appeased; and that death is the end of everything human - body and soul - and therefore should not be feared. But On the Nature of Things is also a poem of striking imagery, intimate natural observation and touching pathos.
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not a stoical work
- By Amazon Customer on 28-04-25
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On the Nature of Things
- Narrated by: Hugh Ross
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 31-01-11
- Language: English
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Beowulf
- By: Michael Alexander, uncredited, Michael Alexander - introduction, and others
- Narrated by: Royce Pierreson, Roy McMillan
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall30
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Performance21
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Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Royce Pierreson, star of Line of Duty, Our Girl and The Witcher. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Michael Alexander. Beowulf is the greatest surviving work of literature in Old English, unparalleled in its epic...
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Beowulf
- Narrated by: Royce Pierreson, Roy McMillan
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 25-03-21
- Language: English
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Life Lessons from the Great Myths
- By: J. Rufus Fears, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: J. Rufus Fears
- Length: 18 hrs and 22 mins
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Overall34
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Performance31
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Story30
Change the way you think about some of the greatest stories ever told with this examination of the most important myths from more than 3,000 years of history. The ways in which the human imagination can transform historical events, people, and themes into powerful myths that endure through the ages is nothing short of awe-inspiring.
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Very American
- By Lee on 30-06-19
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Life Lessons from the Great Myths
- Narrated by: J. Rufus Fears
- Series: The Great Courses: Intellectual History
- Length: 18 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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