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24 Hours in Ancient Athens
- A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
- By: Philip Matyszak
- Narrated by: Gareth Richards
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
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During the course of a day we meet twenty-four Athenians from all strata of society—from the slave-girl to the councilman, the vase painter to the naval commander, the housewife to the hoplite—and get to know what the real Athens was like by spending an hour in their company....
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Maybe the narrator for 24 hours in Rome spoiled me
- By Dan R. on 04-06-23
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21. 24 Hours in Ancient Athens
- A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
- Narrated by: Gareth Richards
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 07-26-22
- Language: English
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The Sacred Band
- Three Hundred Theban Lovers Fighting to Save Greek Freedom
- By: James Romm
- Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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From classicist James Romm comes a thrilling deep dive into the last decades of ancient Greek freedom leading up to Alexander the Great’s destruction of Thebes - and the saga of the greatest military corps of the age, the Theban Sacred Band, a unit composed of 150 pairs of male lovers....
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Stop now and don’t buy this book.
- By Robert Pitman on 06-08-21
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22. The Sacred Band
- Three Hundred Theban Lovers Fighting to Save Greek Freedom
- Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 06-08-21
- Language: English
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Alexander the Great
- His Life and His Mysterious Death
- By: Anthony Everitt
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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What can we learn from the stunning rise and mysterious death of the ancient world’s greatest conqueror? An acclaimed biographer reconstructs the life of Alexander the Great in this magisterial revisionist portrait....
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Alexander never gets...old.
- By Douglas Knops on 09-04-19
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23. Alexander the Great
- His Life and His Mysterious Death
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 08-27-19
- Language: English
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Greek Gods
- The Gods and Goddesses of Greek Mythology
- By: Patrick Auerbach
- Narrated by: Steven Barnett
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
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The ancient Greeks believed there were a great number of gods and goddesses. These gods had control over many different aspects of life on earth....
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Fascinating modern incarnation of mythology
- By Mack Mcgowan on 04-13-18
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24. Greek Gods
- The Gods and Goddesses of Greek Mythology
- Narrated by: Steven Barnett
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
- Release date: 10-12-16
- Language: English
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Greek Mythology
- Fascinating Myths and Legends of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monster from the Ancient Greek Mythology
- By: Simon Lopez
- Narrated by: Neil Hamilton
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
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Do you know that the Olympians weren’t the original immortals? Or that the Goddess Hera restored her virginity each year? The ancient Greeks wove one of the richest and best-preserved collections of stories of all the early civilizations....
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Fabulous! Highly recommended
- By Elizabeth Arndt on 01-31-20
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25. Greek Mythology
- Fascinating Myths and Legends of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monster from the Ancient Greek Mythology
- Narrated by: Neil Hamilton
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 08-06-19
- Language: English
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The Real History of Pirates
- By: Professor Manushag N. Powell, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Professor Manushag N. Powell
- Length: 11 hrs
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There’s an apocryphal story that Alexander the Great once captured a notorious pirate named Diomedes. The great conqueror decided to interview the doomed pirate, asking him what he thought gave him the right to seize the property of other people....
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Not an intro, but some interesting perspective
- By N. D. Hemingway on 06-21-21
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26. The Real History of Pirates
- Narrated by: Professor Manushag N. Powell
- Length: 11 hrs
- Release date: 05-21-21
- Language: English
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The Rise of Athens
- The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization
- By: Anthony Everitt
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 16 hrs and 25 mins
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Filled with tales of adventure and astounding reversals of fortune, The Rise of Athens celebrates the city-state that transformed the world....
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Good but not great. With some disturbing opinions.
- By Anthony on 06-25-19
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27. The Rise of Athens
- The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 16 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 12-06-16
- Language: English
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Anaximander
- And the Birth of Science
- By: Carlo Rovelli
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
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The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics illuminates the nature of science through the revolutionary ideas of the Greek philosopher Anaximander....
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Father of Science
- By Darwin8u on 10-31-24
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28. Anaximander
- And the Birth of Science
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 02-28-23
- Language: English
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The Greek Way
- By: Edith Hamilton
- Narrated by: Nadia May
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
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The Greek Way interprets their meaning and brings a realization of the refuge and strength the past can be to us....
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...Not as Good as The Echo of Greece
- By The Masked Reviewer on 11-04-16
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29. The Greek Way
- Narrated by: Nadia May
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 11-01-05
- Language: English
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A History of Greece
- To the Death of Alexander the Great
- By: John Bagnell Bury
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 40 hrs and 23 mins
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At the time of his death in 1927, John Bagnell Bury was easily the most honored English historian of his era. Bury, an esteemed Cambridge scholar, wrote what is considered the finest one-volume history of ancient Greece in the English language....
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An excellent overview of Greek History
- By Amazon Lover on 08-09-24
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30. A History of Greece
- To the Death of Alexander the Great
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 40 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 01-31-24
- Language: English
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Egypt, Greece, and Rome
- Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean
- By: Charles Freeman
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 32 hrs and 2 mins
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Long sources of mystery, imagination, and inspiration, the myths and history of the ancient Mediterranean have given rise to artistic, religious, cultural, and intellectual traditions....
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A well done academic intro done in audio
- By Frank on 10-12-14
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31. Egypt, Greece, and Rome
- Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 32 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 12-12-13
- Language: English
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The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself
- The Power of Rhetoric in Polarized Times
- By: Robin Reames
- Narrated by: Kim Niemi
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
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The discipline of rhetoric was the keystone of Western education for over two thousand years. Only recently has its perceived importance faded.
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32. The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself
- The Power of Rhetoric in Polarized Times
- Narrated by: Kim Niemi
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 08-13-24
- Language: English
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The Book of Greek and Roman Folktales, Legends, and Myths
- By: William Hansen
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
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Captured centaurs and satyrs, incompetent seers, people who suddenly change sex, a woman who remembers too much, a man who cannot laugh—these are just some of the colorful characters who feature in the unforgettable stories that ancient Greeks and Romans told in their daily lives....
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So many stories and anecdotes!
- By Amanda on 07-24-24
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33. The Book of Greek and Roman Folktales, Legends, and Myths
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 02-14-23
- Language: English
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Golden Laurels, Silver Seas
- A Concise Survey of Greek History from the Bronze Age to the End of the Hellenistic Period (Introduction to Greek and Roman History)
- By: Aeon History
- Narrated by: Gary Bartley
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
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For those who seek inspiration from the great civilizations of the past, Golden Laurels, Silver Seas offers an accessible, comprehensive, and engaging survey of ancient Greek history.
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clear and well-paced
- By Braxton S. on 08-05-24
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34. Golden Laurels, Silver Seas
- A Concise Survey of Greek History from the Bronze Age to the End of the Hellenistic Period (Introduction to Greek and Roman History)
- Narrated by: Gary Bartley
- Series: Introduction to Greek and Roman History Series, Book 1
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 02-14-24
- Language: English
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The Phaistos Disc and Antikythera Mechanism
- The History of the Most Mysterious Artifacts from Ancient Greece
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
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Nearly 2,000 years before Homer wrote his epic poems, the Minoan civilization was centered on the island of Crete, a location that required the Minoans to be a regional sea power....
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35. The Phaistos Disc and Antikythera Mechanism
- The History of the Most Mysterious Artifacts from Ancient Greece
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 01-23-18
- Language: English
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The King of Infinite Space
- Euclid and His Elements
- By: David Berlinski
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins
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Geometry defines the world around us, helping us make sense of everything from architecture to military science to fashion....
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Funniest Highest and Fullest math overview
- By Francisco Garcia on 12-12-22
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36. The King of Infinite Space
- Euclid and His Elements
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 04-15-13
- Language: English
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The Metamorphoses
- By: Ovid
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
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An undeniable masterpiece of Western Civilization, The Metamorphoses is a continuous narrative that covers all the Olympian legends....
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Not that translation mentioned in Amazon reviews
- By IPEVOINC on 05-24-13
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37. The Metamorphoses
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 12-19-06
- Language: English
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The Classical World
- An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian
- By: Robin Lane Fox
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 23 hrs and 48 mins
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In The Classical World, eminent classicist Robin Lane Fox brilliantly chronicles this vast sweep of history from Homer to the reign of Augustus. From the Peloponnesian War through the creation of Athenian democracy....
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Homo-erotic classical history
- By Gail Norman on 04-28-23
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38. The Classical World
- An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 23 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 06-08-21
- Language: English
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Roman Warfare
- By: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
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Award-winning historian of ancient Rome Adrian Goldsworthy presents a concise and comprehensive history of the fighting forces that created the Roman Empire....
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Not much here.
- By Placeholder on 12-06-23
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39. Roman Warfare
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 11-07-23
- Language: English
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Socrates
- A Man for Our Times
- By: Paul Johnson
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
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In Socrates: A Man for Our Times, Johnson draws from little-known resources to construct a fascinating account of one of history’s greatest thinkers....
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Plat-Soc-Paul
- By Megasaurus on 11-17-12
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40. Socrates
- A Man for Our Times
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 10-13-11
- Language: English
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