World's Story Volume IV: Greece and Rome

Eva March Tappan

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Length

16 h 44 min

Chapters

94

Language

English

Genre

Historical Fiction, Poetry, War & Military Fiction, History, Philosophy

First published

1914

Chapters

1. 1 The last token, painting, frontispieceRead by Sonia 2:33
2. 2 Greece Part I: Stories from Greek literature: Historical noteRead by Sonia 2:05
3. 3 The story of Oedipus, by Sophocles, retold by Rev. G. W. CoxRead by Sonia 22:34
4. 4 The sacrifice of Iphigenia, by EuripidesRead by Alan Mapstone and 5 others 12:14
5. 5 The deification of Homer, painting p. 22Read by Sonia 1:14
6. 6 Princess Nausicaa and the shipwrecked sailor, by HomerRead by Jim Locke 21:36
7. 7 The meeting between Odysseus and his father, by HomerRead by Jim Locke 10:09
8. 8 Greece Part II: Life in Early Greece: Historical noteRead by Monika M. C. 1:39
9. 9 How the Spartan boys were trained (about the ninth century B.C.), by PlutarchRead by Jim Locke 27:14
10. 10 Solon, who made laws for the Athenians (639-559 B.C.), by Eva March TappanRead by Jim Locke 10:54
11. 11 At the Olympian Games (after the eighth century B.C.), by Charles DiehlRead by Jim Locke 18:50
12. 12 The chariot race (after the eighth century B.C.), by SophoclesRead by Tomas Peter 2:55
13. 13 Greek girls playing ball, painting p. 75Read by Jim Locke 1:44
14. 14 Ode on a Grecian urn, by John KeatsRead by Nemo 3:19
15. 15 Greece Part III: War with Persia: Historical noteRead by J. M. Smallheer 1:01
16. 16 The battle of Marathon (490 B.C.), by E. S. CreasyRead by Jim Locke 21:48
17. 17 The Lemnian: a story of Thermopylae (480 B.C.), by John BuchanRead by Jim Locke 44:09
18. 18 How Themistocles brought about the battle of Salamis (480 B.C.) by PlutarchRead by K.T.B. 14:25
19. 19 Greece Part IV: The Golden Age of Athens: Historical noteRead by J. M. Smallheer 1:48
20. 20 Pericles and his age (465-429 B.C.) by Eva March TappanRead by Colleen McMahon 10:21
21. 21 A religious procession in honor of Apollo, painting p. 128Read by K.T.B. 1:58
22. 22 In the temple of Aphrodite, by Ernst EcksteinRead by Colleen McMahon 26:39
23. 23 The bout between the poets (405 B.C.) by AristophanesRead by Alan Mapstone and 6 others 11:08
24. 24 The siege of Plataea (427 B.C.) by ThucydidesRead by Colleen McMahon 19:32
25. 25 When the ten thousand came to sea (400 B.C.) by XenophonRead by Colleen McMahon 16:50
26. 26 The death of Socrates (399 B.C.) by PlatoRead by Availle 12:41
27. 27 Greece Part V: Macedonian supremacy: Historical noteRead by J. M. Smallheer 1:51
28. 28 Danger from Macedonia (348 B.C.) by DemosthenesRead by Richard Potenza 8:57
29. 29 Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) by PlutarchRead by April6090 8:52
30. 30 In the studio of Apelles (4th century B.C.) by Henry GreenoughRead by Jim Locke 22:39
31. 31 The death of Alexander the Great, painting p. 204Read by Hypatia 2:39
32. 32 Greece Part VI: From the Roman conquest to the nineteenth century: Historical noteRead by J. M. Smallheer 1:31
33. 33 The sale of the philosophers (second century A.D.) by LucianRead by Roger Melin and 18 others 34:03
34. 34 Marco Bozzaris (1823), by Fitz-Greene HalleckRead by Alan Mapstone 7:11
35. 35 The Isles of Greece, by Lord ByronRead by Nemo 5:37
36. 36 Rome Part I: History and legend: Historical noteRead by J. M. Smallheer 2:21
37. 37 Funeral games in honor of Anchises, by Virgil, from translation of Christopher Pearse CranchRead by April6090 15:32
38. 38 The arrival of Aeneas in Italy, by Virgil, from translation of Christopher Pearse CranchRead by Jim Locke 15:45
39. 39 How Rome was founded (753 B.C. ?), by Jacob AbbottRead by April6090 12:23
40. 40 The contest between the Horatii and the Curiatii (about 650 B.C. ?), by LivyRead by Jim Locke 17:15
41. 41 Brutus condemning his sons to death, painting p. 268Read by Hypatia 1:26
42. 42 Horatius (508 B.C. ?), by Thomas Babington MacaulayRead by Nemo 24:29
43. 43 How the Plebeians won their rights, by Eva March TappanRead by realisticspeakers 18:38
44. 44 Rome Part II: Stories of the Italian wars: Historical noteRead by J. M. Smallheer 1:24
45. 45 When Coriolanus spared Rome (490 B.C. ?), by Thomas ArnoldRead by fishfish 9:26
46. 46 How Cincinnatus saved the consul (455 B.C.), by Thomas ArnoldRead by Angelique G. Campbell 10:30
47. 47 The fall of Veii (396 B.C.) by Thomas ArnoldRead by Jim Locke 10:59
48. 48 The geese that saved the Capitol (364 B.C.) by Thomas ArnoldRead by Devorah Allen 6:47
49. 49 Rome Part III: Rome becomes mistress of the world: Historical noteRead by J. M. Smallheer 2:29
50. 50 The Romans of the Early Republic and their ways, by Eva March TappanRead by Nigel Fisher 13:19
51. 51 How Hannibal made his way to Italy (218 B.C.), by LivyRead by Jim Locke 28:37
52. 52 Hannibal crossing the Rhone, painting p. 336Read by Availle 2:45
53. 53 How Archimedes defended Syracuse (212 B.C.), by LivyRead by Ryan Copper 5:43
54. 54 Marius to the Roman people (106 B.C.), by SallustRead by fishfish 15:52
55. 55 Spartacus to the gladiators (73 B.C.), by Elijah KelloggRead by Availle 9:28
56. 56 On the death of Lesbia's sparrow, by CatullusRead by Alan Mapstone 1:58
57. 57 Rome Part IV: Julius Caesar: Historical noteRead by Hypatia 2:23
58. 58 Cicero denouncing Catiline in the Roman senate, painting p. 368Read by Alan Mapstone 3:02
59. 59 When Caesar crossed the Rubicon (49 B.C.), by PlutarchRead by Alan Mapstone 4:32
60. 60 Caesar at the height of his power (48-44 B.C.), by PlutarchRead by Tomas Peter 6:37
61. 61 The assassination of Caesar (44 B.C.) by James Anthony FroudeRead by April6090 8:53
62. 62 At the funeral of Caesar (44 B.C.) by William ShakespeareRead by Alan Mapstone and 6 others 19:07
63. 63 Rome Part V: The Augustan Age: Historical noteRead by J. M. Smallheer 2:16
64. 64 Augustus, the shrewd young emperor (emperor 31 B.C.-14 A.D.), by Eva March TappanRead by Hypatia 15:19
65. 65 The letter of a Roman university student (44 B.C.), by Cicero the YoungerRead by April6090 6:04
66. 66 A Roman bore, by HoraceRead by April6090 6:23
67. 67 Why Ovid was banished (10 A.D.), by Maurice BaringRead by Jim Locke 16:15
68. 68 Rome Part VI: Rome under the Caesars: Historical noteRead by J. M. Smallheer 1:57
69. 69 The fall of Sejanus (27 A.D.) by S. Baring-GouldRead by Jim Locke 21:19
70. 70 In the time of Nero, painting p. 430Read by SaraHale 3:33
71. 71 The emperor Nero on the stage (67 A.D.) by S. Baring-GouldRead by April6090 17:14
72. 72 The destruction of Pompeii (79 A.D.) by Sir Edward Bulwer LyttonRead by Devorah Allen 16:56
73. 73 A visit to Pompeii (nineteenth century) by Charles DickensRead by Availle 6:33
74. 74 How to treat the Christians (112 A.D.) a letter of Pliny the Younger to the emperor Trajan, and the emperor's replyRead by Devorah Allen 6:29
75. 75 Rome Part VII: How the Romans amused themselves: Historical noteRead by J. M. Smallheer 1:51
76. 76 ''Pollice verso'' (''Thumbs down''), painting p. 460Read by Alan Mapstone 3:23
77. 77 The dying gladiator, by Lord ByronRead by Tomas Peter 1:46
78. 78 The Christian martyrs in the arena (64 A.D.) by Henryk SienkiewiczRead by thestorygirl 19:22
79. 79 A Roman banquet, by W. A. Becker, adapted from PetroniusRead by Jim Locke 22:59
80. 80 The country house of Pliny the Younger (end of the first century A.D.), described by himselfRead by April6090 12:18
81. 81 ''Ave Caesar'' (''Hail, Caesar''), painting p. 490Read by Alan Mapstone 2:13
82. 82 The winning of the first missus (about 391 A.D.) by Georg EbersRead by Jim Locke 32:33
83. 83 Rome Part VIII: The grandeur that was Rome: Historical noteRead by J. M. Smallheer 2:17
84. 84 Marcus Aurelius, the philosopher emperor (121-180 A.D.), by Eva March TappanRead by Laura Larson 8:48
85. 85 Queen Zenobia and the Roman ambassadors (273 A.D.), by William WareRead by thestorygirl 14:44
86. 86 The Roman roads, by J. R. S. SterrettRead by Monika M. C. 5:12
87. 87 Constantine the Great (born about 270 A.D. Emperor, 306-337), by Eva March TappanRead by April6090 10:39
88. 88 Rome Part IX: The coming of the Barbarians: Historical noteRead by J. M. Smallheer 1:30
89. 89 Rome pays ransom to Alaric the Goth (409 A.D.), by Wilkie CollinsRead by eWinters 9:56
90. 90 Huns pillaging a French villa, painting p. 540Read by Tomas Peter 2:40
91. 91 How the empire was saved from the Huns (451 A.D.), by Sir Edward Shepherd CreasyRead by April6090 11:09
92. 92 Peace with the Goths or war ? (535 A.D.), by Felix DahnRead by eWinters 27:31
93. 93 Justinian in council, painting p. 548Read by Sonia 2:33
94. 94 Belisarius (505-564 A.D.), by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowRead by Sonia 3:59

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