検索キーワード： 叙事詩

Troijan sota on päättynyt, mutta Odysseuksen tie kotiin on vasta alussa. Ithakassa odottavat vaimo Penelope ja poika Telemakhos. Heidän ja Odysseuksen välissä on meri täynnä tuntemattomia saaria, vaarallisia houkutuksia ja jumalten vihaa. Faiaakkien hovissa Odysseus kertoo itse...

Mary Innes's classic prose translation of one of the supreme masterpieces of Latin literature "The most beautiful book in the language (my opinion and I suspect it was Shakespeare's)." -Ezra Pound Ovid drew on Greek mythology, Latin folklore and legend from ever further afield to create a series...

With a rich and informative introduction from Emily Wilson, maps drawn especially for this volume, a pronunciation glossary, genealogies, extensive notes, and helpful summaries of each book, this gorgeous edition of Rome’s founding poem will capture the imaginations and stir the souls of a new generation of listeners.

Experience Dante’s The Divine Comedy in clear, modern English, built for listening. This complete, unabridged edition brings Dante Alighieri’s epic journey to life in accessible prose that is easy to follow on audio while preserving the grandeur, imagery, and spiritual intensity that made the work immortal. What makes this edition different Modern English prose for audio with smooth, readable phrasing and no archaic syntax to slow you down. Complete and unabridged with all 100 cantos: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.

"Jag råder dig, Loddfavner, men råd må du taga; du får fördel, om du följer dem, de bli goda att begagna." Hávamál, eller den höges sång, sägs vara ord från Oden själv. Det är en av de mest omtyckta dikterna från den poetiska Eddan, och kanske det verk som betyder mest för...

Eventyrdramaet Peer Gynt er et af Ibsens mest populære værker. Hovedpersonen Peer Gynt er en ansvarsløs og ørkesløs fantast, der drømmer sig bort fra opvækstens trange kår. Vi følger ham i et omskifteligt, omrejsende og eventyrlystent liv, iklædt forskellige roller, hvor han svigter...

It's never been easy to be a hero. When Beowulf arrives at Hrothgar's hall, he discovers that the hall is beset by Grendel, an evil creature that kills and pillages with impunity. Beowulf, in heroic fashion, bests Grendel in combat, then follows Grendel back to his lair to finish the job. But...

Témoignant de sa capacité à transformer ses souffrances personnelles en art poignant et beau, Élégies est un recueil qui capture l'essence de la poésie de Verlaine, mêlant intimement mélancolie, beauté et quête spirituelle. C'est une œuvre riche en émotions et en réflexions, qui offre un aperçu profond de l'âme tourmentée mais talentueuse du poète.

Renowned poet and critic Clive James presents the crowning achievement of his career: a monumental translation into English verse of Dante’s The Divine Comedy. The Divine Comedy is the precursor of modern literature, and this translation - decades in the making - gives us the entire epic as a single, coherent and compulsively listenable lyric poem. Written in the early 14th century and completed in 1321, the year of Dante’s death, The Divine Comedy is perhaps the greatest work of epic poetry ever composed.

Archibald Douglas ist eine Ballade von Theodor Fontane aus dem Jahr 1854. Sie schildert die unauslöschliche, zu jedem Opfer bereite Liebe des verbannten Titelhelden zu seiner schottischen Heimat, die schließlich auch seinen König versöhnt.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to find your way home against impossible odds? The Trojan War has ended, but for Odysseus, the mastermind behind the Trojan Horse, the true struggle has just begun. Pursued by the wrath of Poseidon, he is pushed to the limits of human endurance across a vast, unforgiving ocean.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if the fate of an army, a city, and a civilization turned on the anger of one man? In *The Iliad*, Homer gives Western literature one of its first and most powerful visions of war, honor, grief, glory, and mortality. Set during the final year of...

What conflict can be wrought across a cosmos, cleansed of both the wicked and the just? What use is it to heed the call to action? When all that’s left to settle is the dust…This work attempts to answer those very questions, or at the very least explore their implications. A lone figure roams the red planet’s surface, and reckons with all that he has done, and all that he has lost.

Come aboard and sail the synaptic seas of sanity! Or lack thereof. What is truly going inside these capricious craniums of ours? What virtues and vices vie for command of our turbulent mindscapes? An equal parts cerebral and sentimental excursion into the voices that compel us all. Strap your heads in folks, for here there be monsters.

The insidious, infectious allure of the macabre is one familiar to all, but can gruesome work be done in service of a noble cause? What lines are we prepared to cross to bring comfort to others? When the flesh and blood of grief give way to blessed bone, the King will soon be calling…

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In 1667, John Milton — blind, aging, politically disgraced after the collapse of England's republican revolution — completed Paradise Lost. He had spent years defending regicide and press freedom; when the Restoration returned monarchy, his...

In The Odyssey: Books 5 & 6, Homer’s epic journey surges forward as the gods finally decree Odysseus’s release from Calypso’s island. But freedom does not come easily. Cast again upon the mercy of the sea and the wrath of Poseidon, Odysseus must endure shipwreck, exhaustion, and near ruin...

A mysterious stranger. A magnificent kingdom. Songs of war that awaken memories too painful to hide. In The Odyssey: Books 7 & 8, the shipwrecked Odysseus enters the wealthy and seemingly enchanted land of the Phaeacians, where the next stage of his journey begins. Guided by Athena, Odysseus...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if the darkest path through Hell was only the beginning of the soul’s return to light? In *The Divine Comedy*, Dante Alighieri creates one of the supreme visions of Western literature: a journey through damnation, purification, and paradise that...

Magic is back to the modern world, and the real battle for the world's future has just begun. Brenda and Valor opened the Time Gateway and saved the elvish people. Three months later, their settlement in Arizona is thriving, but magic remains fragile and weak. To restore it fully, they must embark on a new quest: journey to the depths of the dwarf kingdoms, find a dwarf prince, and ally with a powerful fairy to forge a band that will change the world as we know it. The future of the world depends on their success.