Achilleid: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Achilleid, credited to Publius Papinius Statius, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Achilleid by Publius Papinius Statius. (Translated by John Henry Mozley.) Read in English by Leni The Achilleid is the third and unfinished work by the Roman poet Publius Papinius Statius. In its introduction, it promises to present the life of the hero Achilles from his youth as a pupil under the centaur Chiron to his death at Troy. The author died however before writing most of the poem, leaving only one and a half books completed. The part that remains though holds interest for being unusual, bringing an account of the hero's early life and an episode in which his mother, Thetis, disguised him as a girl on the island of Scyros before he joined the Greek expedition against Troy. (Summary by Leni)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Achilleid
• Author credits: Publius Papinius Statius
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 3
• Listed recording duration: 1:25:27

Catalogue topics

• greek mythology
• Troy
• achilles

Track guide

1. 01 - Book 1, 1-559 — 41:28
2. 02 - Book 1, 560-960 — 31:44
3. 03 - Book 2, 1-167 — 12:15

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