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A lyrical treatment of Homer’s tale of Penelope, depicting her psychological struggle as she waits twenty years for her husband to return from the Trojan War. It draws on the long-take filmmaking style of...
Ian McKellen reads the compete text of William Wordsworth’s autobiographical poem.Featuring original music by John Harle and singer, Sarah Leonard. With Paterson Joseph as the Narrator, Charlotte Emmerson...
An adaptation of the classic Anglo-Saxon heroic poem. Beowulf (Gerard Butler) leads a troop of warriors across the sea to help an old friend, King Rothgar (Stellan Skarsgard) whose kingdom is being ravaged...
Investigates the literature and legends of the Trojan War to determine whether Homer’s tale was fact or myth. Filmed in Greece, Turkey and Berlin. Michael Wood narrates. Originally broadcast in 1985 as 6...
An adaptation of Homer’s great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved. DVD extras on the second disc include 2 documentaries on...
A re-creation of the Indian epic condensed from the original 90 hours as shown on television in India to 15 hours. It contains the entire Bhagavad Gita ("Song of Lord Krishna", "Song of God") which forms...
A streamed audio recording of Seamus Heaney reading the following extracts from his version of Beowulf: Opening of the Poem - lines 1-52 Sea Journey - lines 194-228 Grendel’s Approach; the Fight with...
An introduction to Homer’s ‘Odyssey’, featuring filmed recreations and reconstructions and covering themes, characters, Homer’s life and works. With analysis by Dr Tom Winnifrith, Ken Dowden and Dr...
A television adaptation of Homer’s epic classic poem about the travels of Odysseus. After the Greek victory at Troy, Odysseus is hindered in returning home by the gods he has offended and must confront a...
Peter Brook’s adaptation of the classic Hindu epic story, which could be translated as ‘the great history of mankind’, the longest poem in history, a saga of fighting battles and finding peace, of good...
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