Bestsellers
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The Iliad
- By: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Audra McDonald
- Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic―the most revered war poem of all time....
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Great Work of Scholarship Accessible to All
- By KY-Barbara on 10-05-23
By: Homer, and others
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The Divine Comedy
- By: Clive James - translator, Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Renowned poet and critic Clive James presents the crowning achievement of his career: a monumental translation into English verse of Dante’s The Divine Comedy....
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Brilliant!
- By Tad Davis on 10-18-13
By: Clive James - translator, and others
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The Iliad
- Penguin Classics
- By: Homer, E. V. Rieu, D. C. H. Rieu, and others
- Narrated by: Steve John Shepherd
- Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Slow Start, Strong Finish
- By joshua on 08-09-23
By: Homer, and others
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The Inferno
- By: Dante, Robert Hollander - translator, Jean Hollander - translator
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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The epic grandeur of Dante's masterpiece has inspired readers and listeners for 700 years and has entered the human imagination....
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Into Hell
- By Adam on 10-25-19
By: Dante, and others
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The Aeneid
- Revised and Expanded Edition
- By: Vergil
- Narrated by: Susanna Braund
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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A powerful and poignant translation of Vergil’s epic poem, newly equipped with introduction and notes....
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Great translation
- By Melanie on 11-05-23
By: Vergil
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The Divine Comedy
- Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso
- By: Dante Alighieri, Stephen Wyatt
- Narrated by: Blake Ritson, John Hurt, David Warner, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
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Blake Ritson, David Warner, Hattie Morahan and John Hurt star in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Dante's epic poem "Inferno"....
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Revisiting the land of the dead
- By Adeliese Baumann on 10-21-16
By: Dante Alighieri, and others
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The Iliad
- By: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Audra McDonald
- Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic―the most revered war poem of all time....
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Great Work of Scholarship Accessible to All
- By KY-Barbara on 10-05-23
By: Homer, and others
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The Divine Comedy
- By: Clive James - translator, Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Renowned poet and critic Clive James presents the crowning achievement of his career: a monumental translation into English verse of Dante’s The Divine Comedy....
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Brilliant!
- By Tad Davis on 10-18-13
By: Clive James - translator, and others
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The Iliad
- Penguin Classics
- By: Homer, E. V. Rieu, D. C. H. Rieu, and others
- Narrated by: Steve John Shepherd
- Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Slow Start, Strong Finish
- By joshua on 08-09-23
By: Homer, and others
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The Inferno
- By: Dante, Robert Hollander - translator, Jean Hollander - translator
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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The epic grandeur of Dante's masterpiece has inspired readers and listeners for 700 years and has entered the human imagination....
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Into Hell
- By Adam on 10-25-19
By: Dante, and others
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The Aeneid
- Revised and Expanded Edition
- By: Vergil
- Narrated by: Susanna Braund
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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A powerful and poignant translation of Vergil’s epic poem, newly equipped with introduction and notes....
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Great translation
- By Melanie on 11-05-23
By: Vergil
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The Divine Comedy
- Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso
- By: Dante Alighieri, Stephen Wyatt
- Narrated by: Blake Ritson, John Hurt, David Warner, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
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Blake Ritson, David Warner, Hattie Morahan and John Hurt star in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Dante's epic poem "Inferno"....
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Revisiting the land of the dead
- By Adeliese Baumann on 10-21-16
By: Dante Alighieri, and others
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The Odyssey
- The Fitzgerald Translation
- By: Homer, D. S. Carne-Ross, Robert Fitzgerald - translator
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Robert Fitzgerald's translation of The Odyssey has been the standard translation for more than three generations of students and poets. Macmillan Audio is delighted to publish the first ever audio edition of this classic work, the greatest of all epic poems....
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"A god moved him--who knows?"
- By Jefferson on 07-25-18
By: Homer, and others
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Dante's Inferno
- A Study on Part I of The Divine Comedy
- By: Anthony Esolen PhD
- Narrated by: Anthony Esolen PhD
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
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With Professor Esolen you will enter the terrible gates of Hell and progress level by infernal level to its diabolical depths. Professor Esolen places a special emphasis on the drama of the poem, leading you through each canto in succession....
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THIS IS A LECTURER
- By Amazon Customer on 05-22-21
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The Divine Comedy
- By: Dante Alighieri, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - translator
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Dante's Divine Comedy is considered to be not only the most important epic poem in Italian literature, but also one of the greatest poems ever written....
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Not for listening.
- By Larry on 03-13-11
By: Dante Alighieri, and others
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The Iliad & The Odyssey
- By: Homer
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 28 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Little is known about the Ancient Greek oral poet Homer, the supposed 8th century BC author of the world-read Iliad and his later masterpiece, The Odyssey....
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Worth the price, worth the time
- By Sam on 12-31-04
By: Homer
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Paradise Lost
- Penguin Classics
- By: John Milton, John Leonard
- Narrated by: Adrian Schiller
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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In Paradise Lost, Milton produced a poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time....
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Subtle voice changes help with understanding
- By Danielle Alysse on 02-07-21
By: John Milton, and others
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The Mahabharata
- By: John D. Smith - translator
- Narrated by: Shaheen Khan, Sagar Arya
- Length: 44 hrs and 7 mins
- Abridged
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The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It is of immense importance to the culture of the Indian subcontinent and is a major text of Hinduism....
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Confusing arrangement ruins it
- By R.B. on 03-26-21
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The Divine Comedy
- Penguin Classics
- By: Robin Kirkpatrick - translator, Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Jot Davies, Robin Kirkpatrick, Kristin Atherton
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide, his ascent of Mount Purgatory and his encounter with his dead love Beatrice, and finally, his arrival in Heaven....
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Solid, read with gusto
- By Tad Davis on 11-15-20
By: Robin Kirkpatrick - translator, and others
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The Faerie Queene
- By: Edmund Spenser
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 33 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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The first epic poem in modern English, The Faerie Queene combines dramatic narratives of chivalrous adventure with exquisite and picturesque episodes of pageantry....
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High Fantasy from the Renaissance
- By Jabba on 10-03-15
By: Edmund Spenser
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Beowulf: A New Translation
- By: Maria Dahvana Headley
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Maria Dahvana Headley
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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A new, feminist translation of Beowulf by the author of the much-buzzed-about novel The Mere Wife....
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Ridiculous
- By Corinna D. Girard on 01-02-21
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The Odyssey (Dramatized)
- By: Homer, Simon Armitage - dramatisation
- Narrated by: Tim McInnerny, Amanda Redman, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
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In a 20-year journey, fabulous fantasy mixes with extraordinary reality as Odysseus encounters enchantresses, nymphs, monsters, prophets, and ghosts....
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Excellent, but not an exam reference!
- By Joel D Offenberg on 12-27-09
By: Homer, and others
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The Odyssey
- By: Homer
- Narrated by: Charles Purkey
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Odysseus has been away from Ithaca, the Greek city-state under his rule, for ten years while fighting in the Trojan War. After the fall of...
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It's hard to imagine a worse narrator.
- By H. Stark on 09-12-19
By: Homer
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The Ballad of the White Horse
- By: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Published in 1911, The Ballad of the White Horse by G. K. Chesterton is a poem about the deeds of King Alfred the Great....
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Very Helpful
- By niki vavra on 01-19-21
By: G. K. Chesterton
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Metamorphoses
- Penguin Classics
- By: Ovid, David Raeburn - translator, Denis Feeney
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis, John Sackville, Maya Saroya, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Ovid's sensuous and witty poetry brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation - often as a result of love or lust - where men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings....
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A revelation
- By Michael Cain on 05-24-20
By: Ovid, and others
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The Iliad
- By: Homer
- Narrated by: Charles Purkey
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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The Iliad is one of the two great epics of Homer, and is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time, but to say the...
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This is not translated from Greek.
- By Is on 01-28-20
By: Homer
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Metamorphoses
- By: Ovid
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Ovid’s Metamorphoses is an epic poem, but one that upturns almost every convention. There is no main hero, no central conflict, and no sustained objective....
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Not Stephanie McCarter's translation
- By Kindle Customer on 08-06-24
By: Ovid
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The Iliad
- A New Translation by Caroline Alexander
- By: Homer, Caroline Alexander - translator
- Narrated by: Dominic Keating
- Length: 19 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Carved close to the original Greek, acclaimed classicist Caroline Alexander's new translation is swift and lean, with the driving cadence of its source....
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Forceful
- By Tad Davis on 04-22-16
By: Homer, and others
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The Song of Roland
- By: Michael A. H. Newth - translator
- Narrated by: Greg Marston, Summe Williams, Julian DouglasSmith
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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The Song of Roland is acknowledged today as the first masterpiece of French vernacular literature and one of the world’s greatest epic poems....
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Excellent production
- By Tad Davis on 11-09-11
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The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Christopher Tolkien
- Length: 56 mins
- Unabridged
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First ever audio edition of one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s most important poetic dramas, that explores timely themes such as the nature of heroism and chivalry during war....
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Short sweet and to the point
- By Anthony Baker on 04-04-23
By: J. R. R. Tolkien
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The Iliad & the Odyssey
- By: Homer
- Narrated by: Charles Purkey
- Length: 24 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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The Iliad. Join Achilles at the Gates of Troy as he slays Hector to Avenge the death of Patroclus. Here is a story of love and war, hope and...
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narrator lacks intrigue
- By Amazon Customer on 10-04-19
By: Homer
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Iliade
- By: Omero
- Narrated by: Claudio Carini
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Primo capolavoro della letteratura occidentale, scritto probabilmente intorno all'VIII secolo a.C., l'Iliade è, insieme con l'Odissea, uno dei pilastri...
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Buona produzione
- By greenhouse on 07-24-18
By: Omero
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Beowulf the Warrior
- Living History Library
- By: Ian Serrailier
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
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Beowulf the Warrior is an outstanding modern version of the oldest epic in the English language. Ian Serraillier has retold in verse the story of the hero Beowulf and his three memorable exploits....
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Great read
- By Bridget O'Hare on 05-13-20
By: Ian Serrailier
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The Iliad and The Odyssey
- By: Homer
- Narrated by: Rob Goll, Lance Rasmussen, Josh Innerst, and others
- Length: 27 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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The Iliad, set 9 years into the Trojan War, tells the story of the wrath of Achilles. The Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus as he wearily travels home from the war. The two epics provide the basis of Greek education and culture in the classical age....
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Wonderful! I was waiting for a dramatized version
- By Goldie on 09-11-23
By: Homer
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The Iliad & The Odyssey
- By: Homer
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 29 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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The Iliad and The Odyssey are epic poems traditionally attributed to Homer, of which the written versions are dated to the 8th century BCE. Chronicling events in the Greek Bronze Age, this magnificent pair of poems forms the cornerstone of Western literature....
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Iliad and oddessey
- By Justin J. Larsen on 03-17-20
By: Homer
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The Odyssey
- By: Homer, Samuel Butler - translator
- Narrated by: Mark Nelson
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Having spent ten years fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus embarks on his journey back to Ithica....
By: Homer, and others