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The Book of the Ancient Greeks

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An Introduction to the History and Civilization of Greece from the Coming of the Greeks to the Conquest of Corinth by Rome in 146 B.C.

The spirit of a nation is expressed and its history is recorded in three ways: in its political history, in its literature and in its art. The aim of this book has been to use such parts of the political history of the Greeks, of their literature and of their art as seem to have been the outward and visible signs of the spirit that inspired them. - Summary from the subtitle and preface

Cast list for the play in Pt 2 Ch 14:
Iphigenia: WendyKatzHiller
Orestes, her brother: nzk13
Pylades, friend to Orestes: Greg Giordano
Thoas, King of Tauris: Alan Mapstone
A Herdsman: hmpecker
A Messenger: Andrew Gaunce
Chorus Leader: Devorah Allen
Chorus Member: BookBard
Athena: elmachina
Narrator: TriciaG
(11 hr 11 min)

Chapters

Pt 1 Ch 1: The Mediterranean World

4:49

Read by Alan Mapstone

Pt 1 Ch 2: Crete

25:57

Read by Availle

Pt 1 Ch 3: The Mainland

17:25

Read by nathanmeyers

Pt 2 Ch 1: The Land of Greece

8:51

Read by Jim DeBiase

Pt 2 Ch 2: Greek Religion and the Oracles

28:51

Read by nzk13

Pt 2 Ch 3: The Olympic Games

16:45

Read by nzk13

Pt 2 Ch 4: The Greek City-State

8:39

Read by nzk13

Pt 2 Ch 5: Sparta

28:09

Read by Availle

Pt 2 Ch 6: The Growth of Athens

28:50

Read by TriciaG

Pt 2 Ch 7: Greek Colonies

15:27

Read by Melanie Campbell

Pt 2 Ch 8: The Beginning of the Persian Wars

25:26

Read by pratibhanair

Pt 2 Ch 9a: The Great Persian Invasion Under Xerxes: The Preparations

17:09

Read by Ehm Michaels

Pt 2 Ch 9b: The Great Persian Invasion Under Xerxes

18:53

Read by Ehm Michaels

Pt 2 Ch 9c: The Great Persian Invasion Under Xerxes

15:32

Read by Ehm Michaels

Pt 2 Ch 10: The Athenian Empire

30:40

Read by nzk13

Pt 2 Ch 11: Life in Ancient Athens in the Time of Pericles

25:53

Read by nzk13

Pt 2 Ch 12: A Day with an Athenian

26:06

Read by William Allan Jones

Pt 2 Ch 13: The Athenian Schoolboy

20:08

Read by William Allan Jones

Pt 2 Ch 14: The Greek Theatre

1:05:59

Read by LibriVox Volunteers

Pt 2 Ch 15: The Temples of Athens

16:25

Read by nzk13

Pt 2 Ch 16a: The Downfall of Athens

32:59

Read by William Allan Jones

Pt 2 Ch 16b: The Downfall of Athens

36:57

Read by William Allan Jones

Pt 2 Ch 17: The Great Days of Thebes

9:08

Read by elmachina

Pt 2 Ch 18a: Alexander the Great

29:00

Read by William Allan Jones

Pt 2 Ch 18b: Alexander the Great

31:34

Read by William Allan Jones

Pt 2 Ch 19a: The Gifts of Greece to the World

35:15

Read by Paul Lawley-Jones

Pt 2 Ch 19b: The Gifts of Greece to the World

35:30

Read by Paul Lawley-Jones

Pt 2 Ch 20: The Hellenistic Age

15:05

Read by Avery Hauser