Things Were Marginally Better for Them! The Women of Sparta (Ancient Sparta & the Spartan Mirage Part 4)

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SPECIAL! Selections from the Odyssey: a Modern Retelling AUDIOBOOK!

It's time!! Here are selections from the AUDIOBOOK of the Odyssey: a Modern Retelling, written and read by ME, Liv Albert... It's like the podcast, but slower, more beautifully produced, and with more appropriate language... Available wherever you get your audiobooks. Pre-order L ...  Show more

Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Books 12 & 13

Liv reads Book 12 and 13 of Homer's Odyssey, translated by Ian Johnston. A daring escape from Scylla and Charybdis (twice!) and so much more... He's finally reaching Ithaca. This modern translation is used with immense gratitude to translator Ian Johnston and Vancouver Island Uni ...  Show more

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