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Plato's Ion and Meno
by Plato
Available on: Audio Download ($10.00) | Audio CD | Audio Cassette
Socrates questions Ion, an actor, about his ability to interpret the poetry of Homer. In the Meno, the topic is whether goodness can be taught. Both dialogues provide more questions than answers.
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Plato's Gorgias
by Plato
Available on: Audio Download ($14.00) | Audio CD
Gorgias of Leontini, who teaches rhetoric, is in Athens, to instruct potential leaders in politics and business. A group has gathered at Callicles' house where Socrates questions him in his usual way.
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Antigone
by Jean Anouilh
Available on: Audio Download ($4.95)
The body of Polynices, Antigone's brother, has been ordered to remain unburied by Creon, the new king of Thebes. Antigone defies the law, sealing her fate.
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Bard of the Middle Ages: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
by Michael Drout
Available on: Audio Download ($34.95)
Had Geoffrey Chaucer not written, or not written so well, the last 600 years of English literature would have been decidedly different. His creative style and use of language served as one of the primary foundations on which later writers built.
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Aesop's Fables
by Aesop
Available on: Audio 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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Greek Gods
by William Smith
Available on: Audio 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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Oedipus the King
by Sophocles
Available on: Audio Download ($14.38) | Audio CD ($16.18) | Audio Cassette
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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Plato's Symposium
by Plato
Available on: Audio Download ($10.00) | Audio CD
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 and talk about love.
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Plato's Phaedrus
by Plato
Available on: Audio Download ($12.00)
Phaedrus treats the nature of love, mythical visions of human nature and destiny, and the essence of beauty. It ends with a penetrating discussion of speaking, writing, and the love of wisdom.
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Beowulf
Available on: Audio Download ($14.38) | Audio CD
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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