Category Archives: Classics
Audiobook: Natural History Volume 7
Naturalis Historia (Latin for “Natural History”) is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny
Audiobook: Menaechmi; or, The Twin Brothers
Menaechimus was carried away as a child to Epidamnus. Years later his twin-brother arrives also
Audiobook: Great Expectations
From the opening passage itself of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, the reader is drawn
Audiobook: A Tale of Two Cities
Its immortal opening lines, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of
Audiobook: The Iliad
A divinely beautiful woman who becomes the cause of a terrible war in which the
Audiobook: Leaves of Grass
Nearly 160 years after it was first published, Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass continues to
Audiobook: Plato’s Republic
Plato’s Republic is a Socratic dialogue which deals mainly with the definition of justice, the
Audiobook: The Dhammapada
The Dhammapada is is a Buddhist scripture, containing 423 verses in 26 categories. According to
Audiobook: Antigone
This is the final installment in Sophocles’s Theban Plays, following Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at
Audiobook: The Nicomachean Ethics
The work consists of ten books, originally separate scrolls, and is understood to be based
Audiobook: Das Nibelungenlied
Das Nibelungenlied ist ein mittelalterliches Heldenepos und wurde oft als „Nationalepos der Deutschen“ bezeichnet. Es
Audiobook: Rhetoric
The Rhetoric was developed by Aristotle during two periods when he was in Athens, the
Audiobook: An Essay on Man
Pope’s Essay on Man, a masterpiece of concise summary in itself, can fairly be summed
Audiobook: Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly is the story of the young Japanese girl Cho-Cho San, who marries a
Audiobook: Xenophon’s Anabasis
Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates. He marched
Audiobook: Eclogae
This book of poems, written between 42 en 39 BC, was a bestseller in ancient
Audiobook: Categories
Categories is the first of Aristotle’s six texts on logic which are collectively known as
Audiobook: Lysistrata
Lysistrata read by the Classics Drama Company at DePaul. The Classics Drama Company at DePaul
Audiobook: On Interpretation
Aristotle’s On Interpretation (Greek Peri Hermeneias) or De Interpretatione (the Latin title) is the second
Audiobook: Versio Latina (Homeri Odyssea) Liber VI
The Versio Latina, or Latin translation of the works of Homer, has existed since the
Audiobook: The Eclogues
This book of poems, written between 42 en 39 BC, was a bestseller in ancient
Audiobook: Iphigenie in Aulis
Iphigenie in Aulis übersetzt aus dem Euripides von Friedrich von Schiller. Die Gesinnungen in diesem
Audiobook: Doctor Wortle’s School
Anthony Trollope’s fortieth novel, published in 1881, concerns a respectable Christian boys’ school whose proprietor
Audiobook: The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles
This is Irish folklorist Padraic Colum’s masterful retelling of many Greek myths, focusing on Jason
Audiobook: Electra
Sophocles’ play dramatizes the aftermath of Agamemnon’s murder by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover
Audiobook: Apology
The Apology of Socrates is Plato’s version of the speech given by Socrates as he
Audiobook: Meno
Meno (Ancient Greek: Μένων) is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato. Written in the Socratic
Audiobook: Works and Days, The Theogony, and The Shield of Heracles
Works and Days provides advice on agrarian matters and personal conduct. The Theogony explains the
Audiobook: Republic (version 2)
The Republic is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato around 380 BC concerning the definition
Audiobook: Letters of Pliny
The largest surviving body of Pliny’s work is his Epistulae (Letters), a series of personal