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The World's Famous Orations, Vol. I

The World's Famous Orations, Vol. I by Various; William Jennings Bryan; Francis Whiting Halsey. 27 sections, 7 hr 8 min. Public domain recording (LibriVox).

Details

Length
7 hr 8 min
Sections
27
Language
English
Source
LibriVox
Internet Archive
worlds_famous_orations1_1703_librivox
Rights
Public domain — LibriVox recording of a public-domain text

Chapters

  1. 01 - Preface 5:39
  2. 02 - Introduction 24:14
  3. 03 - Achilles’ Reply to the Envoys by Homer 9:59
  4. 04 - Pericles - I. - In Favor of the Peloponnesian War 13:07
  5. 05 - Pericles - II. - On Those Who Died in the War 17:29
  6. 06 - Pericles - III. - In Defense of Himself 10:42
  7. 07 - Cleon - On the Punishment of the Mytileneans 11:27
  8. 08 - Alcibiades - I. - In Support of the Athenian Expedition to Sicily 11:05
  9. 09 - Alcibiades - II. - To the Spartans 3:15
  10. 10 - Nicias - Against the Sicilian Expedition 8:11
  11. 11 - Hermocrates - On the Union of Sicily Against Invaders 10:34
  12. 12 - Lysias - Against Eratosthenes 5:28
  13. 13 - Socrates - I. - In His Own Defense 18:11
  14. 14 - Socrates - II. - On Being Declared Guilty 7:35
  15. 15 - Socrates - III. - On Being Condemned to Death 10:50
  16. 16 - Isocrates - On the Union of Greece to Resist Persia 17:09
  17. 17 - Isaeus - In the Suit Against Dicæogenes and Leochares 13:20
  18. 18 - Demosthenes - I. - The Second Oration Against Philip 17:30
  19. 19 - Demosthenes - II. - On the State of the Chersonesus, part 1 19:20
  20. 20 - Demosthenes - II. - On the State of the Chersonesus, part 2 17:35
  21. 21 - Demosthenes - III. - On the Crown, part 1 30:36
  22. 22 - Demosthenes - III. - On the Crown, part 2 22:50
  23. 23 - Demosthenes - III. - On the Crown, part 3 26:18
  24. 24 - Aeschines - Against Ctesiphon; Or, On the Crown, part 1 26:16
  25. 25 - Aeschines - Against Ctesiphon; Or, On the Crown, part 2 28:44
  26. 26 - Aeschines - Against Ctesiphon; Or, On the Crown, part 3 22:34
  27. 27 - Dinarchus - Against Demosthenes 18:27