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The Gilbert Murray Library

The Gilbert Murray Library

Von: Gilbert Murray
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Enter the world of ancient Greece with The Gilbert Murray Library, a complete spoken collection of the works of one of the great interpreters of Greek literature, religion, and tragedy.

Here are gods and heroes, poets and philosophers, rituals half-hidden by time, and the enduring questions that haunted the Greek imagination: what makes a civilization humane, why men go to war, how suffering may be understood, and what remains when old beliefs begin to fail.

Murray wrote not as an antiquarian, but as one convinced that the Greeks still had something urgent to say to the modern world. These readings restore his books to the voice, inviting you to encounter Greek thought as a living tradition rather than a relic of the past.Public domain Welt
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  • Bacchae Part 2

    Bacchae Part 2
    Sep 16 2026
    In which the god Dionysus reveals his divine power through the wild Bacchic rites that sweep over Thebes, and the king Pentheus, driven by curiosity and disdain, submits to a strange transformation in order to witness these mysterious ceremonies. The tale unfolds with grim majesty as the fatal consequences of mortal defiance and divine will begin to take shape amidst the haunting dances and voices of the mountain.
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    51 Min.
  • Bacchae Part 1

    Bacchae Part 1
    Sep 9 2026
    In which Dionysus returns to Thebes to establish his divine rites, encountering scepticism and hostility from King Pentheus, who forbids his worship and imprisons him. Meanwhile, the aged prophet Teiresias and Cadmus embrace the new god, while a chorus of Bacchic maidens celebrate his mysterious and ecstatic powers in the wild.
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    44 Min.
  • Trojan Women Part 2

    Trojan Women Part 2
    Sep 2 2026
    In which the sorrowful plight of Andromache and the doom that befalls her child underscore the merciless decree of the victors, while Helen stands before Menelaus to account for her fate amidst the anguish of a fallen Troy. The final scenes descend into a poignant lament for the lost city, as Hecuba and the women endure the ashes of their desolation and prepare to face a grim future in captivity.
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    1 Std.
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