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The Gilbert Murray Library

The Gilbert Murray Library

Di: 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 Mondiale
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  • Oedipus Rex Part I

    Oedipus Rex Part I
    Oct 7 2026
    In which the noble city of Thebes, beleaguered by pestilence and despair, turns once more to its famed King Oedipus for salvation, who resolutely vows to cast out the land's hidden corruption by uncovering the truth of an ancient murder. Amid prayers, prophetic utterances, and mounting tensions, Oedipus confronts the seer Tiresias and his own doubts, setting the stage for a profound and unsettling revelation that tests the fates of all.
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    36 min
  • Medea Section 2

    Medea Section 2
    Sep 30 2026
    In which Medea contemplates the fate of her children amid a tender yet foreboding exchange, setting forth a grievous and inescapable path shaped by sorrow and wrath. The tale unfolds through solemn messenger accounts and confronting confrontations, as bonds of love and vengeance intertwine beneath a shadowed canopy of ancient fate.
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    58 min
  • Oedipus Rex Part II

    Oedipus Rex Part II
    Oct 14 2026
    In which the city of Thebes, afflicted by a grievous plague, turns to their king Oedipus for deliverance, invoking divine guidance and the ancient oracles to uncover the root of their calamity. Amidst mounting anxiety and contests of truth, Oedipus confronts seers and kin alike, unraveling mysterious threads of fate and lineage as he seeks to heal the land and his own troubled spirit.
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    37 min
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