The Rise and Fall of Greek Civilization: A 20-Volume Anthology
Epic, History, Myth, and the Enduring Legacy of the Hellenic WorldBy John Bagnell Bury, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Arrian, Strabo, Plutarch, George Grote, Homer, Andrew Lang, E. Norman Gardiner, James Sir Donaldson, F. A. Wright, Alfred William Benn, H. A. Guerber, Albert Augustus Trever, Basil Edward Hammond, Ernest Arthur Gardner, E. M. Berens
Length631h 49m
About this audiobook
The Rise and Fall of Greek Civilization: A 20-Volume Anthology assembles an expansive record of the Hellenic world, tracing its emergence, political experiments, imperial conflicts, cultural achievements, and enduring afterlives. Epic, historiography, biography, geography, mythography, and modern historical interpretation coexist here, allowing heroic memory and critical inquiry to illuminate one another. Accounts of war and civic struggle stand beside reflections on religion, education, art, and social custom, making the collection both a narrative of Greek civilization and a study in the ways that civilization has been remembered. Its contributors span antiquity and modern scholarship. Classical witnesses bring the textures of lived political, military, and cultural experience, while later historians, classicists, and popular educators supply interpretive frameworks shaped by the development of modern historical method. Together, these voices place Greece within the traditions of epic poetry, democratic thought, imperial history, archaeological recovery, and Victorian-era classical scholarship. Their differences are a strength: competing emphases on leaders, institutions, peoples, and ideas reveal Greek history as a contested and continuously reconstructed field. Recommended for students, general readers, and devoted classicists, this anthology offers the rare advantage of encountering many genres and scholarly temperaments within one capacious volume set. It invites sustained comparison, supports historical study, and fosters a productive dialogue between ancient testimony and modern interpretation.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length631 hrs 49 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 1, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The History of Ancient Greece (Annotated)
26BOOK IV
2The Histories
27BOOK V
3Preface
28BOOK VI
4The History of the Peloponnesian War
29BOOK VII
5The First Book. (pt. 1)
30The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great
Show all chaptersShow less
6The First Book. (pt. 2)
31PREFACE.
7The First Book. (pt. 3)
32ARRIAN'S PREFACE.
8The First Book. (pt. 4)
33BOOK II.
9The First Book. (pt. 5)
34BOOK III.
10The First Book. (pt. 6)
35BOOK IV.
11The First Book. (pt. 7)
36BOOK V.
12The First Book. (pt. 8)
37BOOK VI.
13The First Book. (pt. 9)
38BOOK VII. (pt. 1)
14Hellenica: The History of the Peloponnesian War and Its Aftermath
39BOOK VII. (pt. 2)
15BOOK I
40BOOK VII. (pt. 3)
16BOOK II
41The Geography of Strabo
17BOOK III
42Volume 1
18BOOK IV
43BOOK I. (pt. 1)
19BOOK V
44BOOK I. (pt. 2)
20BOOK VI
45BOOK II. (pt. 1)
21BOOK VII
46BOOK II. (pt. 2)
22Anabasis: The March of the Ten Thousand
47BOOK III.
23BOOK I
48BOOK IV.
24BOOK II
49BOOK V.
25BOOK III
50BOOK VI.
More from John Bagnell Bury, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Arrian, Strabo, Plutarch, George Grote, Homer, Andrew Lang, E. Norman Gardiner, James Sir Donaldson, F. A. Wright, Alfred William Benn, H. A. Guerber, Albert Augustus Trever, Basil Edward Hammond, Ernest Arthur Gardner, E. M. Berens
The Rise and Decline of the Roman Empire (Annotated)John Bagnell Bury72h 59m$3 · $0.00
Roman Empire - The History & the Myth (Annotated)John Bagnell Bury27h 33m$2 · $0.00
ANCIENT GREECE: The History of Classical Greece from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Hellenistic Age (Annotated)John Bagnell Bury41h 58m$2 · $0.00
The History of Rome: Rise and Fall of the Empire (Annotated)John Bagnell Bury73h 2m$2 · $0.00
The Rise and Decline of the Roman EmpireJohn Bagnell Bury73h 2m$1 · $0.00
ANCIENT GREECE: The History of Classical Greece from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Hellenistic AgeJohn Bagnell Bury41h 52m$1 · $0.00
The History of Rome: Rise and Fall of the EmpireJohn Bagnell Bury72h 59m$2 · $0.00
A History of the Roman Empire: From its Foundation to the Death of Marcus Aurelius (27 B.C. – 180 A.D.)John Bagnell Bury26h 43m$2 · $0.00
A History of the Roman EmpireJohn Bagnell Bury27h 30m$1 · $0.00
The Rise and Decline of the Roman Empire (Summarized Edition)John Bagnell Bury14h 22m$2
A History of the Roman Empire: From Its Foundation to the Death of Marcus Aurelius (27 B.C. – 180 A.D.) (Summarized Edition)John Bagnell Bury6h 14m$2
The History of Rome: Rise and Fall of the EmpireJohn Bagnell Bury72h 52m$2 · $0.00
Ancient Greece: The History of Classical Greece from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Hellenistic Age (Summarized Edition)John Bagnell Bury8h 58m$2
Frederick Douglass: All 3 Memoirs in One VolumeFrederick Douglass44h 9m$2 · $0.00
The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America (Annotated)Howard Irving Chapelle, Tappan Adney13h 9m$0.99 · $0.00
I've Been to the MountaintopMartin Luther King48m5.0 (2)$11 · $0.00
RevolutionariesSanjeev Sanyal11h 23m$29 · $0.00
We Crossed a Bridge and It TrembledWendy Pearlman6h$24 · $0.00
Unbroken Bonds of BattleJohnny Joey Jones8h 31m$8 · $0.00
The Daughter of AuschwitzTova Friedman, Malcolm Brabant7h 54m$26 · $0.00
Lily's PromiseLily Ebert, Dov Forman8h 54m$29 · $0.00
Saving My EnemyBob Welch9h 11m$20
On Democracies and Death CultsDouglas Murray10h 38m$29 · $0.00
Across the RiverKent Babb11h 40m$29 · $0.00
The Red Record (Annotated)Ida B. Wells-Barnett5h 19m$0.99 · $0.00
Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and BeyondJohn Lyons12h 37m$33 · $0.00
The Fire Next TimeJames Baldwin2h 25m$15
EnduranceAlfred Lansing6h 1m$20
LES MISERABLES (Illustrated Edition)Victor Hugo66h 17m$1 · $0.00
BeyondStephen Walker15h 39m$33 · $0.00
The Antiquities of the Jews (Annotated)Flavius Josephus59h 14m$3 · $0.00
Kings and PawnsHoward Bryant10h 9m$29 · $0.00
No EscapeNury Turkel9h 30m$28 · $0.00
Charles Dickens: Complete Works (Annotated)Charles Dickens818h 55m$0.99 · $0.00
The Complete Novels of Jane Austen & Brontë Sisters (Annotated)Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë204h 15m$0.99 · $0.00
The Complete Works: Charlotte, Emily, Anne, Patrick & Branwell BrontëCharlotte Brontë, Anne Brontë, Emily Brontë138h 12m$1 · $0.00
The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Annotated)Oscar Wilde126h 19m$2 · $0.00
L. M. Montgomery – Premium Collection: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry & MemoirsLucy Maud Montgomery155h 1m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Works of the Brontë Family Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë140h 13m$2 · $0.00
MARK TWAIN: 12 Novels, 195 Short Stories, Autobiography, 10 Travel Books, 160+ Essays & Speeches (Illustrated)Mark Twain415h 9m5.0 (2)$2 · $0.00
This Side of Paradise - The Original 1920 Edition (Annotated)F. Scott Fitzgerald11h 30m$2 · $0.00
The Great Gatsby: Original 1925 Edition (An F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic NovelFrancis Scott Fitzgerald4h 45m$18 · $0.00
The Complete Works: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Articles, Essays, Travel Sketches and Memoirs (Annotated)Anthony Trollope1096h 4m$0.99 · $0.00
Ivanhoe (Annotated)Walter Scott22h 52m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Works of G. K. Chesterton (Annotated)G. K. Chesterton421h 37m$1.99 · $0.00
All NovelsGeorge Orwell53h 48m$10 · $0.00
The Complete Works of TolstoyLeo Tolstoy412h 44m$1 · $0.00
The Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Annotated)Louisa May Alcott226h 24m$0.99 · $0.00
Sherlock Holmes series - completeArthur Conan54h 8m$3.50 · $0.00
The Fire Next TimeJames Baldwin2h 25m$15
The Count of Monte Cristo (With Original Illustrations)Alexandre Dumas54h$1 · $0.00
H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction (Annotated)H. P. Lovecraft50h 45m$2 · $0.00
Braving the TruthRachel Held Evans11h 31m$29 · $0.00
You may also like
Outlines of Zuñi Creation MythsFrank Hamilton Cushing6h 55m$2 · $0.00
The Art of ChampaJean-François Hubert3h 56m$18 · $0.00
Jerusalem Explored (Vol. 1&2) (Annotated)Ermete Pierotti22h 1m$2 · $0.00
History of Greece (Vol. 1-12)George Grote260h 50m$1 · $0.00
ANCIENT GREECE: The History of Classical Greece from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Hellenistic AgeJohn Bagnell Bury41h 52m$1 · $0.00
Arguments of Celsus, Porphyry, and the Emperor Julian, Against the ChristiansCornelius Tacitus, Flavius Josephus, Emperor of Rome Julian, Siculus Diodorus, Porphyry, Active 180 Celsus3h 42m$2 · $0.00
Mesopotamian ArchaeologyPercy S. P. Handcock10h 58m$1 · $0.00
The History of Ancient Greek Sports and Athletic FestivalsEdward Norman Gardiner18h 56m$2 · $0.00
Adair's History of the American Indians (Annotated)James Adair21h 59m$2 · $0.00
A Problem in Greek EthicsJohn Addington Symonds3h 21m$1.20 · $0.00
Patriarchal PalestineA. H. Sayce5h 24m$1 · $0.00
Shiva to ShankaraDevdutt Pattanaik3h 41m$18 · $0.00
A Smaller Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Annotated)William Smith40h 14m$2 · $0.00
Sacred and legendary art, volume 1Mrs. Jameson15h 35m$2 · $0.00
The Mythology of Celts (Illustrated)J. A. MacCulloch, T. W. Rolleston, W. Y. Evans-Wentz60h 12m$1 · $0.00
The History of Ancient Greece: 20 Essential BooksHerodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Arrian, Strabo, Plutarch, John Bagnell Bury, George Grote, Homer, Andrew Lang, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, E. Norman Gardiner, James Sir Donaldson, F. A. Wright, Alfred William Benn, H. A. Guerber, Albert Augustus Trever, Basil Edward Hammond, Ernest Arthur Gardner, E. M. Berens656h 27m$0.99
Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation (Annotated)Lafcadio Hearn13h 41m$2 · $0.00
Indian Legends from the land of Al-ay-ek-saE. C. Howard41m$2.30
The History of Antiquity (Vol. 1-6) (Annotated)Max Duncker92h 42m$2 · $0.00
The Flags of the WorldF. Edward Hulme8h 28m$1 · $0.00