Ancient World
Stories of the Persian wars
Herodotus · narrated by Moss
2026
6h 25m
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Stories drawn from Herodotus, the father of history, retelling the epic clash between Greece and the mighty Persian Empire. Here are Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, and the heroes and tyrants of the ancient world. A gateway to the greatest of ancient historians for anyone who loves the drama of classical antiquity.
Inside this audiobook
22 chapters
- 1CHAPTER I. OF THE REVOLT OF MILETUS.17m
- 2CHAPTER II. OF THE TAKING OF MILETUS.27m
- 3CHAPTER III. OF THE FIRST WAR AGAINST GREECE.14m
- 4CHAPTER IV. OF THE BATTLE OF MARATHON.19m
- 5CHAPTER V. OF THE SONS OF ALCMÆON AND THE END OF MILTIADES.15m
- 6CHAPTER VI. HOW PREPARATION WAS MADE FOR THE SECOND WAR AGAINST THE GREEKS.26m
- 7CHAPTER VII. OF THE SETTING FORTH OF XERXES.14m
- 8CHAPTER VIII. OF THE MARCH OF XERXES.17m
- 9CHAPTER IX. HOW XERXES CROSSED OVER INTO EUROPE, AND OF HIS ARMY.17m
- 10CHAPTER X. OF THE MARCH OF XERXES.16m
- 11CHAPTER XI. OF THE PREPARATIONS OF THE GREEKS.19m
- 12CHAPTER XII. OF THE ARMY AND THE SHIPS OF XERXES, AND OF THE FIRST FIGHTING WITH THE GREEKS.8m
- 13CHAPTER XIII. OF THE BATTLE OF THERMOPYLÆ.20m
- 14CHAPTER XIV. OF THE BATTLE OF THERMOPYLÆ.—(Continued.)17m
- 15CHAPTER XV. OF THE SHIPS OF THE GREEKS AT ARTEMISIUM.14m
- 16CHAPTER XVI. OF THE DEPARTURE OF THE GREEKS FROM ARTEMISIUM AND OF THE ADVANCE OF XERXES.11m
- 17CHAPTER XVII. OF THE GREEKS AT SALAMIS AND OF THE CITY OF ATHENS.21m
- 18CHAPTER XVIII. OF THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS.18m
- 19CHAPTER XIX. OF THE FLIGHT OF XERXES.15m
- 20CHAPTER XX. OF THE PREPARING OF THE PERSIANS AND OF THE GREEKS FOR THE WAR.16m
- 21CHAPTER XXI. OF THE BATTLE OF PLATÆA.31m
- 22CHAPTER XXII. OF THE BATTLE AT MYCALE.13m
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