The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles
Pádraic Colum
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This is Irish folklorist Padraic Colum's masterful retelling of many Greek myths, focusing on Jason and the Argonauts' quest to find the Golden Fleece. He also includes the stories of Atalanta, Heracles, Perseus, Theseus, and others. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)
Note: Section 25 was replaced on June 2, 2020. The original file was missing the second portion of the text. The new file has the section in its entirety with a different reader for the second portion. (7 hr 33 min)
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The original hero's quest
Josh.M
This book is on the Greek story Jason and the golden fleece which was the original hero's quest this is one of my favourite stories containing Dragons,Monsters and sirens this book is on Jason rightfully king and when he offered his leadership back for one thing the old fabled golden fleece from the golden ram this story is great for children with action excitement and fear I love and I know you will to.
Awesome
Polvos
Explains a lot about each character and intertwines there stories nicely.
Antony
Wonderfully read. Beautiful words. I bought this book in 2008 and didn’t’ t realize until now how great it was. The real Jason and The Argonauts are just as great.
A LibriVox Listener
i thought this book was brillant... i got totally lost in it. brilliant
anonymous
Based on other reviews, I think I have a high tolerance for bad near ration. After all, these are read by volunteers! This collection, however, is A particularly mixed bag. The content is very good, and I highly recommend the other books available by this author, but this one might be better to read on your own, or wait for A new version.
Too Many Readers
Nellen J.
Generally very good, but some of the readers have awful mics. I had to skip some of the chapters. Elizabeth Klett is definitely the star here.
way too many readers.
fm
I founs myself skipping chapters until Elizabeth Klett was reading again. Good story but too many cooks in the kitchen takes away from that.