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The Perilous Seat

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Theria is a young Delphian woman who becomes an oracle. Persian wars, a doomed love affair, and a strong woman make up this well-researched novel set in Ancient Greece. - Summary by Lynne Thompson (9 hr 18 min)

Chapters

Book I At the Pyhian Festival: Dryas Wins the Prize

15:23

Read by Virginia Neville

Parental Justice

11:21

Read by Virginia Neville

Book II A Childhood in Delphi: Theria, Seven Years Old

12:24

Read by Christine Rottger

Eleutheria Looks out of a Window

15:08

Read by Christine Rottger

The Traditions of the House

18:53

Read by Lynne T

The Guests

10:41

Read by Lynne T

What Gifts the Guests Brought

11:07

Read by Christine Rottger

Dryas Takes a Robber

8:49

Read by Christine Rottger

Laurel From Tempè

13:15

Read by Christine Rottger

A Boy Called Sophocles

15:25

Read by Christine Rottger

Why Not Be the Pythia?

14:56

Read by madhushree

Book III Within the Oracle: “The Place of Golden Tripods”

25:07

Read by Christine Rottger

In Pleistos Woods

7:51

Read by Christine Rottger

The Poor Slave

13:09

Read by Christine Rottger

The Shattered Cup

7:28

Read by madhushree

Gathering the Threads

8:49

Read by Little Beetle

The Youth under the Window

8:46

Read by Little Beetle

Gathering more Threads

9:23

Read by Lynne T

The Song Re-sung

18:09

Read by SKVeld

Love in the Lane

20:19

Read by SKVeld

A Procession of Sacrifice

7:22

Read by madhushree

In the Pythia House

5:41

Read by Kerry Adams

The Child Priestess

8:21

Read by Christine Rottger

The High, Perilous Seat

12:13

Read by Christine Rottger

Bitter Consequences

10:01

Read by czandra

“Pray to the Winds”

7:47

Read by SKVeld

The Messengers

14:18

Read by czandra

Outcast on Parnassos

10:26

Read by SKVeld

Eëtíon Pursues

9:33

Read by SKVeld

Shepherd Wisdom

13:40

Read by czandra

Nikander’s Nearest of Kin

11:18

Read by veera2022

Terrible News from Thermopylæ

13:23

Read by veera2022

At Eëtíon’s Call

8:30

Read by czandra

Eëtíon and Nikander

3:54

Read by czandra

Theria Tells Her Vision

7:33

Read by Christine Rottger

Refuge in the Precinct

7:49

Read by Christine Rottger

Book IV “The God Will Care for His Own”: The Persian Comes

14:47

Read by Christine Rottger

Thankfulness

9:13

Read by Christine Rottger

Nikander Pleads for His Daughter

9:40

Read by Christine Rottger

Again Home

6:07

Read by Christine Rottger

A Sculptor’s Respectability

10:37

Read by Christine Rottger

The Unwilling Colonist

20:34

Read by Christine Rottger

The Bird in the Cage

20:07

Read by Christine Rottger

The Metic

6:36

Read by Christine Rottger

The Marriage

8:03

Read by Christine Rottger

The Door of Escape

9:53

Read by Christine Rottger

Alien Meadows

12:33

Read by Christine Rottger

Town Makers

12:06

Read by Christine Rottger

Bewertungen

Challenging Readers

(2 Sterne)

Having listened to less than half, I gave it up. I can usually adapt to various readers, but really struggled with two of the primary readers of this one. Also, readers changed frequently. If readers have an accent or unusual pronunciations, having all their chapters together would make it easier on the listener. I appreciate all readers, but just could not switch back and forth so quickly.

Great book!

(5 Sterne)

I wish it was longer, I liked it a lot. Definitely give it a listen, it hooks you in right away. It'll be over before you know it.