The Downward Journey or the Tyrant
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Kataplous
Κατάπλους ἢ Τύραννος
Voyage to the Lower World
Author
Lucian, of Samosata
Abstract
This is a dramatic reading of Lucian's dialogue The Downward Journey in the original ancient Greek, with multiple voices and sound effects, intended to help students of ancient Greek improve their aural fluency. In the dialogue, a group of dead people, including the tyrant Megapenthes, are carried to the Underworld in Charon's boat. Only the cobbler Micyllus accepts his fate with resignation. Runtime: 46:20.
Description
This is a dramatic reading of Lucian's dialogue The Downward Journey in the original ancient Greek, with multiple voices and sound effects, intended to help students of ancient Greek improve their aural fluency. Runtime: 46:20.
Credits:
Recording: Zachary Thomas and Leonardo Buscemi
Editing: Zachary Thomas
Voice credits:
Rhadamanthus: Raymond Spiotta
Megapenthes: Conor Stark
Hermes/ The Bed: Jules Culot
Tisiphone: Julie Ethioux
The Lamp: Leonardo Buscemi
Mikullos: Michael Kopf
Clotho: Catie Crnkovich
Charon: Leon Wirtz
Kuniskos: Christophe Rico
Erinys: Julie Ethioux
The Dead: Zachary Thomas and Leonardo Buscemi
Credits:
Recording: Zachary Thomas and Leonardo Buscemi
Editing: Zachary Thomas
Voice credits:
Rhadamanthus: Raymond Spiotta
Megapenthes: Conor Stark
Hermes/ The Bed: Jules Culot
Tisiphone: Julie Ethioux
The Lamp: Leonardo Buscemi
Mikullos: Michael Kopf
Clotho: Catie Crnkovich
Charon: Leon Wirtz
Kuniskos: Christophe Rico
Erinys: Julie Ethioux
The Dead: Zachary Thomas and Leonardo Buscemi
Sponsorship
The Polis Institute (Jerusalem) and Cornell University. The Polis Institute created the recording (see description for credits). Funding for the project was obtained by Michael Fontaine, Professor of Classics, Cornell University from Cornell University's Language Resource Center.
Date Issued
2019-02-02
Publisher
Polis Institute - Cornell University
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This is an audio recording of Lucian's dialogue The Downward Journey, with multiple voices and sound effects.
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Type
sound