Short Science Fiction Collection 084 by Various Genre(s): Science Fiction, Fantasy Fiction, Anthologies Read by: Victor Seremet, David Sweeney-Bear, Harley James, DerekP, Dan Gurzynski, Dale Grothmann, Saint Frank, BarryHaworth, Christina Fu, Jacob Dickerson, Terry Kroenung, MTLisa, Alasdair Hill, Krista Zaleski in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 17 - The Nothing Equation 00:18:09 - 18 - The Futile Flight 00:22:30 - 19 - The Chronic Argonauts 01:14:10 - 20 - Course of Empire More information: https://librivox.org/short-science-fiction-collection-084-by-various/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

The World’s Story Volume IV: Greece and Rome by Eva March TAPPAN (1854 - 1930) Genre(s): Historical Fiction, Poetry, War & Military Fiction Read by: Sonia, Jim Locke, Monika M. C., Tomas Peter, Nemo, J. M. Smallheer, K.T.B., Colleen McMahon, Availle, Richard Potenza, April6090, Hypatia, alanmapstone, realisticspeakers, Ting Cleary, Angelique G. Campbell, Devorah Allen, Nigel Fisher, Ryan Copper, SaraHale, thestorygirl, Laura Larson, eWinters in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - The last token, painting, frontispiece 00:02:33 - 02 - Greece Part I: Stories from Greek literature: Historical note 00:04:38 - 03 - The story of Oedipus, by Sophocles, retold by Rev. G. W. Cox 00:27:12 - 04 - The sacrifice of Iphigenia, by Euripides 00:39:25 - 05 - The deification of Homer, painting p. 22 00:40:40 - 06 - Princess Nausicaa and the shipwrecked sailor, by Homer 01:02:16 - 07 - The meeting between Odysseus and his father, by Homer 01:12:25 - 08 - Greece Part II: Life in Early Greece: Historical note 01:14:04 - 09 - How the Spartan boys were trained (about the ninth century B.C.), by Plutarch 01:41:17 - 10 - Solon, who made laws for the Athenians (639-559 B.C.), by Eva March Tappan 01:52:11 - 11 - At the Olympian Games (after the eighth century B.C.), by Charles Diehl 02:11:01 - 12 - The chariot race (after the eighth century B.C.), by Sophocles 02:13:56 - 13 - Greek girls playing ball, painting p. 75 02:15:40 - 14 - Ode on a Grecian urn, by John Keats 02:18:59 - 15 - Greece Part III: War with Persia: Historical note 02:20:00 - 16 - The battle of Marathon (490 B.C.), by E. S. Creasy 02:41:49 - 17 - The Lemnian: a story of Thermopylae (480 B.C.), by John Buchan 03:25:57 - 18 - How Themistocles brought about the battle of Salamis (480 B.C.) by Plutarch 03:40:22 - 19 - Greece Part IV: The Golden Age of Athens: Historical note 03:42:10 - 20 - Pericles and his age (465-429 B.C.) by Eva March Tappan 03:52:31 - 21 - A religious procession in honor of Apollo, painting p. 128 03:54:29 - 22 - In the temple of Aphrodite, by Ernst Eckstein 04:21:08 - 23 - The bout between the poets (405 B.C.) by Aristophanes 04:32:16 - 24 - The siege of Plataea (427 B.C.) by Thucydides 04:51:48 - 25 - When the ten thousand came to sea (400 B.C.) by Xenophon 05:08:37 - 26 - The death of Socrates (399 B.C.) by Plato 05:21:18 - 27 - Greece Part V: Macedonian supremacy: Historical note 05:23:09 - 28 - Danger from Macedonia (348 B.C.) by Demosthenes 05:32:06 - 29 - Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) by Plutarch 05:40:57 - 30 - In the studio of Apelles (4th century B.C.) by Henry Greenough 06:03:36 - 31 - The death of Alexander the Great, painting p. 204 06:06:15 - 32 - Greece Part VI: From the Roman conquest to the nineteenth century: Historical note 06:07:46 - 33 - The sale of the philosophers (second century A.D.) by Lucian 06:41:48 - 34 - Marco Bozzaris (1823), by Fitz-Greene Halleck 06:49:00 - 35 - The Isles of Greece, by Lord Byron 06:54:37 - 36 - Rome Part I: History and legend: Historical note 06:56:58 - 37 - Funeral games in honor of Anchises, by Virgil, from translation of Christopher Pearse Cranch This is the fourth volume of the 15-volume series of The World's Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Topics in Part IV include Greek mythology, the classical Greek period and the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire. - Summary by SoniaCast list for The sacrifice of Iphigenia:Iphigenia: Devorah Allen / Chorus: alanmapstone / Messenger: Foon / Clytemnestra: Monika M.C. / Agamemnon: Tomas Peter / Narrator: SoniaCast list for The bout between the poets:Dionysus: alanmapstone / Aeschylus: TJ Burns / Chorus: Monika M.C. / Euripides: Tomas Peter / Voice: Foon / Pluto: Nemo / Narrator: SoniaCast list for The sale of the philosophers:Jupiter: alanmapstone / Mercury: Tomas Peter / First Customer: TJ Burns / Pythagoras: Foon / Second Customer: Sandra Schmit / Diogenes: Son of the Exiles / Third Customer: Angelique G. Campbell / Fourth Customer: Monika M.C. / Democritus: Jim Locke / Heraclitus: Devorah Allen / Socrates: Roger Melin / Fifth Customer: April6090 / Sixth Customer: Craig Franklin / Seventh Customer: ToddHW / Chrysippus: Larry Wilson / Eighth Customer: SaraHale / Ninth Customer: Eva Davis / Pyrrho: Nemo/ Narrator: SoniaCast list for At the funeral of Caesar:First Citizen: alanmapstone / Second Citizen: Monika M.C. / Third Citizen: Foon / Fourth Citizen: TJ Burns / Brutus: Nemo / Antony: Tomas Peter / Narrator: Sonia More information: https://librivox.org/the-worlds-story-volume-iv-greece-and-rome-by-eva-march-tappan/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)