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.
Thursday, Mar 20, 2008
The Fall of Troy Book XI - How the sons of Troy for the last time fought from her walls and her towers
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Odysseus and his men form a Testudo and attempt to storm the walls of Troy; Aeneas defends the walls by casting down huge stones with his giant might.
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