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 Odyssey - Book X - ADVENTURES WITH AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONS, AND CIRCE - Pope Translation
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Ulysses arrives at the island of AEolus, who gives him prosperous winds, and incloses the adverse ones in a bag, which his companions untying, they are driven back again and rejected. Then they sail to the Laestrygons, where they lose eleven ships, and, with only one remaining, proceed to the island of Circe. Eurylochus is sent first with some companions, all which, except Eurylochus, are transformed into swine. Ulysses then undertakes the adventure, and, by the help of Mercury, who gives him the herb Moly, overcomes the enchantress, and procures the restoration of his men. After a year’s stay with her, he prepares, at her instigation, for his voyage to the infernal shades.
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