Listen free for 30 days
-
Catullus: The Complete Poems
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Ancient, Classical & Medieval Literature
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Listen with a free trial
Buy Now for £10.89
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
Metamorphoses
- Penguin Classics
- By: Ovid, David Raeburn - translator
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis, John Sackville, Maya Saroya, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 28
Ovid's sensuous and witty poetry brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation - often as a result of love or lust - where men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification of Augustus, Ovid interweaves many of the best-known myths and legends of Ancient Greece and Rome, including Daedalus and Icarus, Pyramus and Thisbe, Pygmalion, Perseus and Andromeda, and the fall of Troy.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Enjoyable but marred by mistakes in the narration.
- By L. J. W. Cych on 06-06-20
-
The Georgics
- By: Virgil
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 6
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 3
Virgil's Georgics ranks as one of the most precious pastoral poems ever written, and it has served as a model for its type ever since. Georgics means "of or relating to agriculture or rural life" and it comes from the Greek word, "georgicus". Virgil's main theme in this, his second great work after The Eclogues, was the importance of peace both in the spiritual and physical sense.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Don't judge a book by its cover
- By Clothilda on 10-06-20
-
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans
- By: Plutarch
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 83 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 34
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
Plutarch (c. AD 46-AD 120) was born to a prominent family in the small Greek town of Chaeronea, about 20 miles east of Delphi in the region known as Boeotia. His best known work is the Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of famous Greeks and Romans, arranged in pairs to illuminate their common moral virtues and vices. The surviving lives contain 23 pairs, each with one Greek life and one Roman life as well as four unpaired single lives.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
must read for history buffs
- By Andrew on 28-06-16
-
Roman History, Volume 1
- By: Dio Cassius
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 29 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Dio Cassius was a Roman statesman and historian of Greek origin. He published 80 volumes of history on ancient Rome, beginning with the arrival of Aeneas in Italy. The volumes documented the subsequent founding of Rome (753 BC), the formation of the republic (509 BC), and the creation of the empire (31 BC). The history continues until AD 229.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
history of the mid to late Republic including JC
- By Amazon Customer on 25-02-21
-
The Satires
- By: Juvenal
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 9
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
Listening to The Satires by Juvenal is to come face to face with the corruption, the debauchery, the waste, the sloth, and the mean-spirited greed of ancient Rome...or is it more like modern times? Indeed, these masterpieces of biting social commentary could easily have been written today about any number of metropolitan areas we are all familiar with.
-
The Aeneid
- By: Virgil
- Narrated by: David Collins
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 86
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 77
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 77
The masterpiece of Rome's greatest poet, Virgil's Aeneid has inspired generations of readers and holds a central place in Western literature. The epic tells the story of a group of refugees from the ruined city of Troy, whose attempts to reach a promised land in the West are continually frustrated by the hostile goddess Juno. Finally reaching Italy, their leader, Aeneas, is forced to fight a bitter war against the natives to establish the foundations from which Rome is destined to rise.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A Stunning Story
- By M. R. Beaumont on 03-01-19
-
Metamorphoses
- Penguin Classics
- By: Ovid, David Raeburn - translator
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis, John Sackville, Maya Saroya, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 28
Ovid's sensuous and witty poetry brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation - often as a result of love or lust - where men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification of Augustus, Ovid interweaves many of the best-known myths and legends of Ancient Greece and Rome, including Daedalus and Icarus, Pyramus and Thisbe, Pygmalion, Perseus and Andromeda, and the fall of Troy.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Enjoyable but marred by mistakes in the narration.
- By L. J. W. Cych on 06-06-20
-
The Georgics
- By: Virgil
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 6
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 3
Virgil's Georgics ranks as one of the most precious pastoral poems ever written, and it has served as a model for its type ever since. Georgics means "of or relating to agriculture or rural life" and it comes from the Greek word, "georgicus". Virgil's main theme in this, his second great work after The Eclogues, was the importance of peace both in the spiritual and physical sense.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Don't judge a book by its cover
- By Clothilda on 10-06-20
-
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans
- By: Plutarch
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 83 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 34
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
Plutarch (c. AD 46-AD 120) was born to a prominent family in the small Greek town of Chaeronea, about 20 miles east of Delphi in the region known as Boeotia. His best known work is the Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of famous Greeks and Romans, arranged in pairs to illuminate their common moral virtues and vices. The surviving lives contain 23 pairs, each with one Greek life and one Roman life as well as four unpaired single lives.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
must read for history buffs
- By Andrew on 28-06-16
-
Roman History, Volume 1
- By: Dio Cassius
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 29 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Dio Cassius was a Roman statesman and historian of Greek origin. He published 80 volumes of history on ancient Rome, beginning with the arrival of Aeneas in Italy. The volumes documented the subsequent founding of Rome (753 BC), the formation of the republic (509 BC), and the creation of the empire (31 BC). The history continues until AD 229.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
history of the mid to late Republic including JC
- By Amazon Customer on 25-02-21
-
The Satires
- By: Juvenal
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 9
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
Listening to The Satires by Juvenal is to come face to face with the corruption, the debauchery, the waste, the sloth, and the mean-spirited greed of ancient Rome...or is it more like modern times? Indeed, these masterpieces of biting social commentary could easily have been written today about any number of metropolitan areas we are all familiar with.
-
The Aeneid
- By: Virgil
- Narrated by: David Collins
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 86
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 77
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 77
The masterpiece of Rome's greatest poet, Virgil's Aeneid has inspired generations of readers and holds a central place in Western literature. The epic tells the story of a group of refugees from the ruined city of Troy, whose attempts to reach a promised land in the West are continually frustrated by the hostile goddess Juno. Finally reaching Italy, their leader, Aeneas, is forced to fight a bitter war against the natives to establish the foundations from which Rome is destined to rise.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A Stunning Story
- By M. R. Beaumont on 03-01-19
Summary
Acerbic wit and stinging satire are contrasted with delicate sensibility and passionate desire in the work of the Latin poet Catullus. Armed with an urbane sophistication and an aristocratic circle of friends, Catullus moved about easily in the upper ranks of Roman society and was acquainted with Cicero, Caesar, and Pompey among others. His poems describe the lifestyle prevalent among his circle in the middle of the first century B.C. But it is his description of his love affair with a married woman he calls "Lesbia" which is the basis of his fame. His influence on later Latin poets and Renaissance writers was immense.
More from the same
What listeners say about Catullus: The Complete Poems
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall2 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Clare Bear
- 30-01-22
A disappointment
This is a translation by Francis Warre Cornish, 1904. A rather important and yet omitted detail, especially that this is sold as the Audible version of "Catullus The Complete Poems" Translated by Guy Lee.
The content
As anyone with an interest in classical literature will be aware, translation matters. Although this was not what I believed I was purchasing, it was nevertheless useful as an alternate translation. I found Cornish to be clear and straightforward in his approach, aiming for clarity of meaning, however, this has come at the cost of all traces of the original meter (Or at least, there was none in this audio performance!). I found some of Cornish's choices in translation questionable, for example, in poem XI, his disregard of the use of 'comites' in relation to Furius and Aurelius which I felt resulted in the loss of much of the intrigue and mystery of this famous piece. That said, at other times I felt he had made surprisingly clear and informative interpretations. Overall it seems like his target audience was 'everyman' rather than academic. Of course, without the accompanying notes, there is no clue as to his intentions or why he made the decisions he did. For this reason, I have ended up buying a copy of the print version so that I may study it.
The Performance
The choice of Charlton Griffin was beyond abysmal. I felt that much of the spirit of Catullus has been lost as a result, not to mention the humour! Catullus was a young and passionate man with a wicked sense of humour. His passions fill the pages like a firework display in the night sky. Sadly, Griffin's serious and "old" voice had a similar effect to a thick bank of clouds on a firework display. What his dour "dirty old man" tones did to the sexually fueled poems deserves an advisory sticker or possibly a gift voucher for an hour of councilling with each purchase. Were I not already familiar with Catullus and this was my introduction, I would be wondering why people rave about him!
Overall, I really do not recommend this version unless it is free and you are already familiar with Catullus and even then reluctantly.
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Dan Stepnens
- 25-05-20
good overall but intro from Wiki a bit lackluster
over all pretty good but having an introduction straight from Wikipedia is a bit underwhelming
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Coach of Alva
- 03-05-20
A mature man reads a young man's poems
Catullus was a young and passionate poet. Charlton Griffin is a two-legged organ. For once, he was not the best choice for a classical poet, coming across heavy-handed and, when sex was involved, as it often was, creepy.
1 person found this helpful
