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 II - How Memnon, Son of the Dawn, for Troy's sake fell in the Battle
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Episode Two - Grieving for the fall of Penthesileia, the Trojans find hope with the coming of Memon - King of the Ethiopians, son of Eos Godess of the Dawn. Memnon slays Antilochus, son of Nestor but is in turn slain by Achilles. Eos, grieving for her son refuses to light the morning sky - until Zeus threatens her with his thunderbolt.
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