The Story of Damon and Pythias: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Story of Damon and Pythias, credited to Albert Payson Terhune, 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 The Story of Damon and Pythias by Albert Payson Terhune. Read in English by Thomas A. Copeland. Damon, a Syracusan senator, is to be beheaded for treason, but the new king permits a general, Pythias, to pledge his own life for his friend to allow him to visit his wife and child before his execution. His motives are mixed, considering that Pythias's popularity with the masses could pose a threat to the king’s power, and he does expect the friendship to survive this test. This book is a novelization of a silent film, a fairly common practice in the ’10s and ’20s, and the film was based on John Banim’s 1821 play of the same name. Some stills from the movie are included in the text source link. Although the writing does not meet the highest editorial standards, the characters are well developed and the plot both well paced and plausible. The reading experience is an emotional workout. Whatever you may expect to find in this story, you are almost certain to find more than you bargained for. (Summary by Thomas Copeland)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Story of Damon and Pythias
• Author credits: Albert Payson Terhune
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 7
• Listed recording duration: 7:00:26

Catalogue topics

• Friendship
• ancient Rome
• Sicily
• heroism
• self-sacrifice
• novelized film
• sword of damocles
• dionysius of syracuse

Track guide

1. 01 - Chapters 1-3 — 50:30
2. 02 - Chapters 4-6 — 1:10:47
3. 03 - Chapters 7-9 — 1:02:36
4. 04 - Chapters 10-11 — 51:04
5. 05 - Chapters 12-15 — 50:52
6. 06 - Chapters 16-22 — 1:00:47
7. 07 - Chapters 23-28 — 1:13:50

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