Sources & browser storage

Courses come from MIT OpenCourseWare, The Open University (OpenLearn) and TU Delft OpenCourseWare; each course page credits its source and license. Books in the reader come from Project Gutenberg, audiobooks from LibriVox.

RedLectern is independent of MIT, The Open University and TU Delft and is not endorsed by them. Self-study only: no grades, certificates, or credit.

Progress and notes are saved in this browser. Export a backup; clearing browser data can remove them. YouTube embeds may process usage data.

The Fall of Troy

Quintus, Smyrnaeus

Read by Titurel · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License · Translated by Arthur Sanders Way

Read the book

Chapters

Open a chapter to play its MP3 recording.

01 - How died for Troy the Queen of the Amazons Penthesileia. (59:36)
02 - How Memnon, Son of the Dawn, for Troy's sake fell in the Battle (51:09)
03 - How by the shaft of a God laid low was Hero Achilles (51:44)
04 - How in the Funeral Games of Achilles heroes contended. (37:48)
05 - How the Arms of Achilles were cause of madness and death unto Aias. (44:07)
06 - How came for the helping of Troy Eurypylus, Hercules' grandson. (37:49)
07 - How the Son of Achilles was brought to the War from the Isle of Scyros. (43:33)
08 - How Hercules' Grandson perished in fight with the Son of Achilles. (28:38)
09 - How from his long lone exile returned to the war Philoctetes. (30:19)
10 - How Paris was stricken to death, and in vain sought help of Oenone (29:46)
11 - How the sons of Troy for the last time fought from her walls and her towers. (28:58)
12 - How the Wooden Horse was fashioned, and brought into Troy by her people. (36:45)
13 - How Troy in the night was taken and sacked with fire and slaughter. (35:03)
14 - How the conquerors sailed from Troy unto judgment of tempest and shipwreck. (41:13)

Read the book