The trial and death of Socrates remains a powerful document not least because it gives a first-hand account of the end of one of the greatest figures in history.
In Apology Socrates defends himself before the Athenian court against charges of corrupting youth.
Phaedo is the account, by a young man, of the actual last words and moments of Socrates. These are presented with scene-setting introductions to the historical situation.
Written By - Plutarch
Performed By : Nicholas Farrell
Publisher : Select Music & Distribution
Runtime : 7 hours 30 minutes
Categories : Classic Literature
Historical
Ancient
Price : $27.99
Though he was Greek, Plutarch wrote his Lives in the first century, a world dominated by the Roman Empire. Here he considers some of the major figures who had left their stamp. More info... |
Written By - Dr. Jack Sommer
Performed By : Edwin Newman
Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 3 hours
Categories : Ancient
Biographical
World
Price : $12.95
Among the greatest natural historians was Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), who influenced Goethe, Darwin, and America's leading naturalists. Humboldt's Cosmos, published in five volumes from 184... More info... |
Written By - Paul Cartledge
Performed By : John Lee
Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 7 hours
Categories : Ancient
Military
World
Price : $39.95 $16.95
The valiant efforts of the Greek warriors against huge onrushing Persian army at the narrow pass at Thermopylae in 480 B.C. changed the way future generations would think about combat, courage, and death. Cartledge shows how the repercussions of this history-altering moment affect our culture... More info... |
Written By - Professor John T. Sanders
Performed By : Edwin Newman
Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 3 hours
Categories : Ancient
Pre 1900
20th Century
Biographical
Knowledge & Learning
Price : $12.95
The concept of the atom—the smallest physical building block of nature—has been around at least since ancient Greece. Leucippus and Democritus conceived of a mechanical or physical atom... More info... |
Written By - Dr. Ian Jackson
Performed By : Edwin Newman
Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 2 hours 30 minutes
Categories : Ancient
Pre 1900
20th Century
Knowledge & Learning
Price : $9.95
Modern chemistry emerged from the historical traditions of metalworking (beginning as early as the Bronze Age in 3500 BC); medicine (especially "iatrochemistry", which emerged in the Renaissance); ... More info... |
