Bestsellers
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Meditations
- Written by: Marcus Aurelius, George Long - translator, Duncan Steen - translator
- Narrated by: Duncan Steen
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 716
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 570
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 563
One of the most significant books ever written by a head of state, the Meditations are a collection of philosophical thoughts by the Emperor Marcus Aurelius....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Listed dozens of times
- By Steven on 2018-08-18
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The Odyssey
- Written by: Homer, Robert Fagles - translator
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 58
The great adventure story tells of Odysseus, a veteran of the Trojan War, who - through a landscape peopled with monsters, sea nymphs, evil enchantresses, and vengeful gods....
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4 out of 5 stars
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What can you say about "The Odyssey"...
- By Troy Dimock on 2018-09-18
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The Iliad
- Written by: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Audra McDonald
- Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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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5 out of 5 stars
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Lol to the guy who didn't understand that the poem comes after the introduction and wants to hear it as "written"...
- By Dr. Devine on 2023-12-18
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The Odyssey
- Audible Iliad & Odyssey, Book 2
- Written by: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Claire Danes
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 222
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 191
A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Skip the intro, go straight to the book. Come back
- By SlanderousHog on 2019-12-19
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Plato's Apology
- Written by: Plato
- Narrated by: Ray Childs
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story5 out of 5 stars 15
Socrates is on trial for his life. He is charged with impiety and corrupting young people. He presents his own defense....
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5 out of 5 stars
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knowledge and wisdom.
- By hekmat on 2018-08-08
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Homer Box Set: Iliad & Odyssey
- Written by: Homer, W. H. D. Rouse - translator
- Narrated by: Anthony Heald
- Length: 25 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 185
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 163
Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature....
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3 out of 5 stars
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I mean... I got through it
- By Andrew Jones on 2020-06-19
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Meditations
- Written by: Marcus Aurelius, George Long - translator, Duncan Steen - translator
- Narrated by: Duncan Steen
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 716
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 570
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 563
One of the most significant books ever written by a head of state, the Meditations are a collection of philosophical thoughts by the Emperor Marcus Aurelius....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Listed dozens of times
- By Steven on 2018-08-18
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The Odyssey
- Written by: Homer, Robert Fagles - translator
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 58
The great adventure story tells of Odysseus, a veteran of the Trojan War, who - through a landscape peopled with monsters, sea nymphs, evil enchantresses, and vengeful gods....
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4 out of 5 stars
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What can you say about "The Odyssey"...
- By Troy Dimock on 2018-09-18
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The Iliad
- Written by: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Audra McDonald
- Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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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5 out of 5 stars
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Lol to the guy who didn't understand that the poem comes after the introduction and wants to hear it as "written"...
- By Dr. Devine on 2023-12-18
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The Odyssey
- Audible Iliad & Odyssey, Book 2
- Written by: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Claire Danes
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 222
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 191
A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Skip the intro, go straight to the book. Come back
- By SlanderousHog on 2019-12-19
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Plato's Apology
- Written by: Plato
- Narrated by: Ray Childs
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story5 out of 5 stars 15
Socrates is on trial for his life. He is charged with impiety and corrupting young people. He presents his own defense....
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5 out of 5 stars
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knowledge and wisdom.
- By hekmat on 2018-08-08
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Homer Box Set: Iliad & Odyssey
- Written by: Homer, W. H. D. Rouse - translator
- Narrated by: Anthony Heald
- Length: 25 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 185
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 163
Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature....
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3 out of 5 stars
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I mean... I got through it
- By Andrew Jones on 2020-06-19
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The Divine Comedy
- Penguin Classics
- Written 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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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
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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Hamlet
- Two Complete Full Cast Performances of Original Shakespeare Text & Modern English
- Written by: William Shakespeare, SparkNotes
- Narrated by: Ariel Blake, Jonathan Davis, Imani Jade Powers, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Don’t be intimidated by Shakespeare! These popular guides make the Bard’s plays accessible and enjoyable....
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An Introduction to Greek Philosophy
- Written by: David Roochnik, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: David Roochnik
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story5 out of 5 stars 22
Is reality stable? What is happiness? How shall we best live our lives? In this series of 24 lectures, Professor Roochnik invites you to join this eternal discussion....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very well put together
- By Karandeep S. on 2022-06-01
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The Iliad
- Written by: Homer, Richmond Lattimore - translator
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 22 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
The great legacy of The Iliad is its shattering revelation of what it means to be human in the face of life's uncertainty and fleeting mortality....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Well Done
- By Hmackdad on 2019-01-10
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The Complete Stoicism Collection
- Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Letters from a Stoic, The Enchiridion & Discourses, On the Shortness of Life, and More
- Written by: Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Seneca, Epictetus .
- Narrated by: Gregory T Luzitano
- Length: 36 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Perfect for any listener who is searching for a deceptively simple yet powerful approach to life, this book offers you a source of inner strength and guidance, allowing you to enrich your life and face your challenges with a renewed level of insight....
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Metamorphoses
- Penguin Classics
- Written 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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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
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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Julius Caesar
- A Fully-Dramatized Audio Production From Folger Theatre
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, brings Julius Caesar to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording....
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The Iliad
- Written by: Homer, Robert Fagles - translator
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, Maria Tucci
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Abridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Story4 out of 5 stars 25
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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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointed that it doesn't follow the text
- By Karen Godin on 2020-09-24
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Gilgamesh: The New Translation
- Written by: Gerald J. Davis
- Narrated by: John Hanks
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
The tale of the fifth king of the first dynasty of Uruk (in what is modern-day Iraq), who reigned for 126 years, according to the ancient Sumerian list of kings....
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The Iliad
- Written by: Homer, Alexander Pope - translator
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 20 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
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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The Poetic Edda
- Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
- Written by: Jackson Crawford
- Narrated by: Jackson Crawford
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 134
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 118
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 118
The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!). These amazing texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological, and literary importance....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent translation.
- By Iain Hutchinson on 2019-02-25
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25+ the Big Book of Ancient Classics
- The Odyssey by Homer, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, the Republic by Plato, Poetics by Aristotle and Others
- Written by: Aristotle, Aeschylus, Marcus Aurelius, and others
- Narrated by: Stacey M. Patterson, Peter Coates, Mark Bowen, and others
- Length: 60 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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We live in an era rife with cultural conflict. The 21st century is by no means free of wars, terrorism, riots, famine, nor epidemics. We may attempt to solve...