Epic Poetry
Readings of great seldom heard Epic Poems. These poems stem from a wonderful tradition of storytelling, of bards and skalds, and should be read aloud. Hear The Fall of Troy, the Volsunga saga, the story of Parzival, Paradise Lost, The Nibelungenlied, The Aeneid, the Lays of Ancient Rome and other great poems of mighty deeds, brave men, and gods.
The Fall of Troy - Book IX - How from his long lone exile returned to the war Philoctetes
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The battle on the plain of Troy rages on. Meanwhile, Diomede and Odysseus venture to Lemnos to retrieve Philoctetes, the archer - possessor of the bow and arrows of Hercules
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Tuesday, Mar 17, 2009The Fall of Troy - Book XIV - Finale - How the conquerors sailed from Troy unto judgment of tempest and shipwreck.
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The Greek celebrate their victory over the Trojans. The shade of Achilles demands the sacrifice of Hecuba's daughter. Athena wrecks vengence on Locrian Aias. The Gods destroy the Greek Bulwarks. The saga has ended.
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Friday, Dec 19, 2008The Fall of Troy Book XIII - How Troy in the Night was Taken and Sacked with Fire and Slaughter
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The Greeks sack Troy. Death of Priam; Hecuba enslaved.
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Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008The Fall of Troy - Book I - How died for Troy the Queen of the Amazons, Penthesileia (REDUX)
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Penthesileia, daughter of Ares comes to the aid of the Trojans and meets her death at the hands of Achilles, son of Peleus and the Godess Thetis.
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Monday, Jun 30, 2008The Odyssey Book XII - THE SIRENE, SCYLLA, AND CHARYBDIS
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Ulysses relates how, after his return from the shades, he was sent by Circe on his voyage, by the coast of the Sirens, and by the strait of Scylla and Charybdis: the manner in which he escaped those dangers: how, being cast on the island Trinacria, his companions destroyed the oxen of the Sun: the vengeance that followed; how all perished by shipwreck except himself, who, swimming on the mast of the ship, arrived on the island of Calypso. With which his narration concludes.
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Wednesday, Jun 11, 2008The Fall of Troy Book XII - How the Wooden Horse was fashioned, and brought into Troy by her people.
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Calchas receives a sign from heaven suggesting guile must be used to take Troy. Odysseus conceives the trick of the Trojan Horse. Sinon volunteers to remain outside the horse to fool the Trojans. Laocoon tries to convince the Trojans of the truth; he and his sons are punished by the gods. Cassandra's prophecies ignored.
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Sunday, May 25, 2008The Fall of Troy Book III (REDUX) - How by the shaft of a God laid low was Hero Achilles
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Revision of Book III - recorded on proper equipment. Please delete the orginal episode!
Achilles falls in battle, slain by the shafts of the God Apollo! Aias (Ajax) and Odysseus fight to rescue his corpse. The grief of Thetis over her son's fall. The funeral pyre.
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