Category Archives: Classics

Audiobook: Apocrypha

It is not generally agreed whether Plato was the author of any of these books.

Audiobook: Suppliant Maidens (Morshead Translation)

The Suppliants, also called The Suppliant Maidens, or The Suppliant Women, is a play by

Audiobook: Enneads

The six Enneads (ΕΝΝΕΑΔΕΣ) are the collected writings of the Neoplatonic philosopher Plotinus (ΠΛΩΤΙΝΟΣ) arranged

Audiobook: Legends of the Jews, Volume 4

Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century. He was

Audiobook: Aeneid of Virgil (Version 2)

The Aeneid is a Latin epic written by Virgil in the 1st century BC that

Audiobook: Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians (Spartans)

The Polity of the Lacedaemonians talks about the laws and institutions created by Lycurgus, which

Audiobook: Fall of Troy

The Fall of Troy also called “Posthomeric” is an account of the Trojan war from

Audiobook: On the Parts of Animals

On the Parts of Animals (Greek: ΠΕΡΙ ΖΩΩΝ ΜΟΡΙΩΝ; Latin: De Partibus Animalium) by Aristotle

Audiobook: Lysistrata (version 3)

The women of Athens are sick of the Peloponnesian war that has dragged on for

Audiobook: Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars

Lucan’s only surviving work, De Bello Civili, more generally known as the Pharsalia, is an

Audiobook: Boys’ and Girls’ Pliny Vol. 1

The Natural History of Pliny the Elder is one of the largest single works to

Audiobook: Boys’ and Girls’ Pliny Vol. 2

The Natural History of Pliny the Elder is one of the largest single works to

Audiobook: Lucian’s Dialogues Volume 1: The Dialogues of the Gods

The Dialogues of the Gods are 26 miniature dialogues mocking the Homeric conception of the

Audiobook: Eunuchus: The Eunuch

Another of the plays by Terence translated from the Latin by Riley. “A certain citizen

Audiobook: Lucian’s Dialogues Volume 4: Zeus the Tragedian

Zeus, gloomy and in tragic distress, is implored by Hermes and Athena to divulge the

Audiobook: Odyssey (Version 3)

The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It

Audiobook: Junior Classics Volume 3: Tales from Greece and Rome

The purpose of The Junior Classics is to provide, in ten volumes containing about five

Audiobook: Boys’ and Girls’ Pliny Vol. 4

The Natural History of Pliny the Elder is one of the largest single works to

Audiobook: Heautontimorumenos; the Self-Tormentor

Terence’s six plays are comedies written while he was a slave to a Roman senator.

Audiobook: Consolation of Philosophy

The Consolation of Philosophy was written about 524 A.D. and has been called one of

Audiobook: Memorable Thoughts of Socrates

Xenophon’s best memorial of his old guide, philosopher, and friend is this work, in which

Audiobook: Adelphi: or, The Brothers

“Micio and Demea are two brothers of dissimilar tempers. Demea is married, and lives a

Audiobook: Pseudolus: or, The Cheat

About two dozen comedies of the Roman playwright Plautus have survived the years, with many

Audiobook: Octavius

This ancient Roman dialogue plays out as a religious debate between the Christian lawyer Octavius,

Audiobook: Georgics

Virgil’s Georgics are the second of the three major poetic works ascribed to the poet.

Audiobook: On Benefits (De Beneficiis)

De Beneficiis (English: On Benefits) is one of the moral essays composed by Seneca, Roman

Audiobook: Natural History Volume 6

Naturalis Historia (Latin for “Natural History”) is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny

Audiobook: Trinummus: The Three Pieces of Money

Buried treasure, reckless son, exile, young love, betrayal, detection – all as relevant today as

Audiobook: Public Orations of Demosthenes

This book, originally published in two volumes, collects the most important complete public orations by

Audiobook: Lucian’s Dialogues Volume 3: The Dialogues of the Dead

Dialogues of the Dead are 30 miniature dialogues mocking the Homeric conception of the Greek