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1. | | Classical Mythology Podcast Available on: PodcastWith this series we will investigate the gods, heroes, and myths that formed bedrock of belief in the ancient Greek and Roman world. |
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2. | | Greek Gods by William Smith Available on: Digital Download ($9.95)Here we present 14 brief audio sketches of each of the major Greek Deities; providing the listener with information on lineage, characteristics, historical significance and artistic renditions. |
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3. | | Plato's Republic by Plato Available on: Audio CD | Digital Download ($68.75)Plato was a teacher who wrote in the dialogue form as a means of challenging his students to think deeply about fundamental questions. Consider this hypothesis: Plato wrote each book of The Republic to be performed by actors playing characters such as Socrates, Glaucon, Ademantus, Thrasymachus. |
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4. | | The Odyssey by Homer Available on: Digital DownloadThe Odyssey is one of the two major ancient Greek epic poems (the other being the Iliad), attributed to the poet Homer. |
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5. | | The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer Available on: Digital DownloadThe Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the rest in verse). |
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6. | | Utopia Podcast by Sir Thomas More Available on: PodcastWritten in 1515, Sir Thomas More's famous narrative describes what could be considered the perfect society, and questions whether a perfect society is possible. |
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7. | | The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri Available on: Digital DownloadThe Divine Comedy written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature... |
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8. | | Plato's Ion and Meno by Plato Available on: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($14.00)Socrates questions Ion, an actor who just won a major prize, about his ability to interpret the epic poetry of Homer. As the dialogue proceeds, the nature of human creativity emerges as a mysterious process and an unsolved puzzle. |
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9. | | Aesop's Fables by Aesop Available on: Digital Download ($9.95)With an abreviated but keen sense of observation Aesop tells stories that never attempt to portray the real world; yet within this fantastic setting he gives us a vision of the human condition that still provides deep insight to this day. |
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10. | | Beowulf by Anonymous Available on: Digital DownloadThis is a short but beautiful book, and the Gummere translation really captures the feel of the Old English. |
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11. | | Oedipus the King by Sophocles Available on: Audio CD ($14.38) | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($14.38)In the hands of Sophocles, the master dramatist, the anguished tale of a man fated to kill his father and marry his mother retains its power to shock and move beyond any Freudian reference... |
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12. | | The Odyssey by Homer Available on: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($18.38)Homer's Odyssey is the thrilling and moving tale of the wanderings of the hero Odysseus after the end of the Trojan war. For ten years he experiences storms, shipwrecks, and... |
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13. | | The Odyssey by Homer Available on: Audio CD | Audio Cassette ($39.96)If "The Iliad" is the world's greatest war story, then "The Odyssey" is literature's grandest evocation of everyman's journey through life. |
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14. | | Plato's Gorgias by Plato Available on: Audio CD | Digital Download ($16.50)Gorgias of Leontini, a famous teacher of rhetoric, has come to Athens to recruit students, promising to teach them how to become leaders in politics and business. A group has gathered at Callicles' house to hear Gorgias demonstrate the power of his art. |
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15. | | Dao De Jing by Lao Tzu Available on: Audio CD | Digital Download ($13.75)These words, written 2500 years ago by Lao Zi resemble Socrates' account of his own quest in Plato's Apology. Ancient philosophy, both in China and in Greece, places self-knowledge as the center of the search for wisdom. |
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16. | | Man, God, and Society in Western Literature Podcast by Hubert L. Dreyfus Available on: PodcastThis course will compare and contrast the Greek, Medieval, and modern worlds, as reflected in their greatest literature... |
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17. | | The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer Abridged Edition Available on: Audio CD ($15.98) | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($18.38)Chaucer's greatest work, written towards the end of the fourteenth century, paints a brilliant picture of medieval life, society and values. The stories range from the romantic... |
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18. | | Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell Available on: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Video Cassette (VHS) | DVDAmong his many gifts, Joseph Campbell's most impressive was the unique ability to take a contemporary situation, such as the murder and funeral of President John F. Kennedy, and help us understand its impact in the context of ancient mythology. |
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19. | | Plato's Symposium by Plato Available on: Audio CD | Digital Download ($13.75)The dramatic nature of Plato's dialogues is delightfully evident in the Symposium. The marriage between character and thought bursts forth as the guests gather at Agathon's house to celebrate the success of his first tragedy. |
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20. | | Virgil's Aeneid: Anatomy of a Classic by Susanna Braund Available on: Digital DownloadThe central text in the canon of Latin literature is Virgil’s Aeneid, an epic poem in twelve books composed more than two thousand years ago under the Roman emperor Augustus. |
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21. | | The Iliad by Homer Abridged Edition Available on: Audio CD ($18.38) | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($23.18)Perhaps the greatest poem of the Western world, The Iliad tells the story of 50 critical days toward the end of the Trojan war... |
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22. | | Beowulf Available on: Audio CD ($14.38) | Digital Download ($14.38)The oldest long poem in Old English, written about 1000 AD, tells the story of a great warrior in Southern Scandinavia in both youth and maturity. |
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23. | | The Iliad by Homer Available on: Digital DownloadThe Iliad, together with the Odyssey, is one of two ancient Greek epic poems traditionally attributed to Homer. |
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24. | | Beowulf Available on: Audio CD ($19.96) | Audio Cassette | Digital DownloadNobel Laureate Seamus Heaney's translation of "Beowulf" comes to life in this gripping rendition that reminds listeners that the work was truly meant to be heard not read. |
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25. | | The Aeneid by Virgil Available on: Audio CD | Digital DownloadFagles's translations of "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" have sold hundreds of thousands of copies. Now, the much-anticipated new translation of Virgil's epic poem from the award-winning translator reintroduces "The Aeneid" to a whole new generation. |