Antike, Klassik & Mittelalter

Was ist es, das uns an den Sagen des Altertums so fasziniert? All diese Geschichten sind dreitausend Jahre alt, und sind schon unzählige Male erzählt...

Vor etwa 2.000 Jahren starb Ovid. Wie kaum ein anderer prägte er die abendländische Kultur. In seinen "Metamorphosen" erzählt er von der...

The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for 10 whole and very bloody years.... 

Ausgelöst durch Paris' Raub der Helena, der schönsten aller Frauen, herrscht ein jahrelanger Krieg zwischen den Griechen und den Bewohners Trojas...

A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....

The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It is of immense importance to the culture of the Indian subcontinent and is a major text of Hinduism....

One of the most significant books ever written by a head of state, the Meditations are a collection of philosophical thoughts by the Emperor Marcus Aurelius....

Death of a Salesman is a 1949 play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. It is widely considered to be one of the greatest plays of the 20th century. (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon.)...

A frothy, delightful British comedy from the wonderful world of Wodehouse....

The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!). These amazing texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological, and literary importance....

Nie sind monströsere Gefahren überwunden und rachsüchtigere Götter überlistet worden als in der griechischen Antike. Stephen Fry haucht...

Medea hat Jason geholfen, das Goldene Vlies zu erringen und dafür ihre Familie verraten. Nun verstößt Jason sie - und die Tragödie beginnt...

Rumi gilt als der bedeutendste Lyriker Persiens. Eine Auswahl aus seiner Gedichtssammlung "Der Diwan" erscheint hier erstmals als Hörbuch und zeugt von Rumis poetischer Meisterschaft...

These lectures are an invaluable resource and a helpful introduction to the grandest adventure story in Western literature....

Liebe, Macht und Wahnsinn - darum drehen sich die großen Tragödien von William Shakespeare. Anlässlich seines 450. Geburtstages...

A lord, his wife, her admirer and an infamous blackmailer converge in the irreverent satire that launched Wilde's succession of classic social comedies...

Troja steht in Flammen und ist unrettbar verloren. Nun soll der Trojaner Aeneas, im Auftrag Jupiters, in der Ferne die Stadt Rom gründen...

Die "Metamorphosen" - Verwandlungsgeschichten - des Publius Ovidius Naso gehören zum Grundbestand abendländischer Kultur...

The Kalevala is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology.Beginning with the traditional Finnish creation myth, the Kalevala branches out into stories of the creation of the earth, plants, creatures, and the sky....

Meditations is former U.S. President Bill Clinton's favorite book. This audio consists of a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor 161-180 AD, setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy....

In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce....

AMA Audiolibros presenta la Narración del Audiolibro en Español (acento Castellano) de "La Divina Comedia" de Dante Alighieri en la voz de...

Antigone, Schwester des Polyneikes, darf ihren Bruder nicht bestatten, weil dieser Krieg gegen die eigene Stadt Theben geführt hat. Doch...

The stars and constellations are among the few remaining objects that appear to us just as they appeared to our distant ancestors. This nonfiction narrative presents the tales of the 48 classical constellations, compiled from literature spanning a thousand years....

Here are the Socratic Dialogues presented as Plato designed them to be - living discussions between friends and protagonists....

Is reality stable? What is happiness? How shall we best live our lives? In this series of 24 lectures, Professor Roochnik invites you to join this eternal discussion....

The Odyssey chronicles the many trials and adventures Odysseus must pass through on his long journey home from the Trojan wars....