Audiobook: Lucian's Dialogues Volume 1: The Dialogues of the Gods Lucian's Dialogues Volume 1: The Dialogues of the Gods
1 - Preface
1. Preface 2. Dialogue I: Prometheus obtains his release from Zeus by a prophecy 3. Dialogue II: Zeus threatens to put Eros in fetters 4. Dialogue III: Zeus orders Hermes to slay Argus, and to conduct Io to Egypt 5. Dialogue IV: Zeus instructs Ganymedes as to the nature of his duties in heaven 6. Dialogue V: Hera upbraids Zeus with his love for Ganymedes 7. Dialogue VI: Ixion makes love to Hera 8. Dialogue VII: Hephæstus recounts to Apollo the actions of the infant prodigy, Hermes 9. Dialogue VIII: Hephæstus assists at the parturition of Zeus and the birth of Athena 10. Dialogue IX: Hermes refuses Poseidon admission to Zeus, and assigns as the reason the lying-in of the king of gods and men with Bacchus 11. Dialogue X: Hermes conveys to Helios the order of Zeus 12. Dialogue XI: Aphrodite charges Selene with her love for Endymion, and, at the same time, laments the tyranny of her son, Eros, over herself 13. Dialogue XII: Aphrodite upbraids Eros for his mischievous conduct in the past, and cautions him for the future 14. Dialogue XIII: Asklepius and Herakles quarrel on a question of precedence in heaven 15. Dialogue XIV: Apollo recounts to hermes the manner of the death of Hyakinthus, and his grief for the same 16. Dialogue XV: Hermes and Apollo envy the deformed Hephæstus the possession of his beautiful wives 17. Dialogue XVI: Hera and Leto dispute about the merits of their respective children 18. Dialogue XVII: Hermes narrates to Apollo the adultery of Ares and Aphrodite, and the revenge of Hephæstus 19. Dialogue XVIII: Hera denounces, and Zeus defends, the character of Bacchus 20. Dialogue XIX: Eros explains to his mother why he does not assail Athena, the Musæ, and Artemis 21. Dialogue XX: The Judgment of Paris 22. Dialogue XXI: Ares ridicules the threat of Zeus, and the chain let down from heaven 23. Dialogue XXII: Pan urges his claims to be the son of Hermes, who is unwilling to admit his paternity 24. Dialogue XXIII: Apollo remarks to Bacchus on the heterogeneousness of Aphrodite's children; while Bacchus exposes the character of Priapus 25. Dialogue XXIV: Hermes complains to his mother of the multiplicity of his employments 26. Dialogue XXV: Helios, accused by Zeus of rash conduct in giving up his chariot to his son, obtains a conditional pardon 27. Dialogue XXVI: Apollo asks Hermes to point out to him, of the twin dioscuri which is Kastor and which Polydeukes; and takes the opportunity of criticising their divine pretensions
Audiobooks Genres Author Description The Dialogues of the Gods are 26 miniature dialogues mocking the Homeric conception of the Greek gods written in Attic Greek by Syrian author Lucian of Samosata. Almost 1900 years old, these dialogues still retain a lot of their original humor and wit.
The cast list for dialogues with 3 or more readers is given below:
Dialogue 8:Owen Cook KevinS Foon
Dialogue 9:ToddHW Owen Cook Foon
Dialogue 13:ToddHW Foon KevinS
Dialogue 20:alanmapstone Owen Cook Foon Sonia Sandra Schmit Aaron White ToddHW
Editor: Campbell Schelp
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