2 episodes

Athens is in a sorry state of affairs. The great tragedian, Euripides, is dead, and Dionysus, the god of the theater, has to listen to third-rate poetry. So, he determines to pack his belongings onto his trusty slave, Xanthias, and journey to the underworld to bring back Euripides! Hi-jinks ensue. (Summary by Libby Gohn)

Cast
Dionysus: bala
Xanthias/Narrator: Elizabeth Klett
Aeschylus: Abe Nemon
Euripides: Libby Gohn
Heracles: Algy Pug
Pluto: Alan Mapstone
Charon: Eliot Gage
Aeacus: Denny Sayers
Corpse: Todd
Maidservant: Amanda Friday
Landlady: Availle
Plathane: Marmalade Hanna
Chorus of Frogs: Anastasiia Solokha
Chorus of Initiates: mb

Audio edited by Libby Gohn

Frogs, The by Aristophanes (446 - 389 BCE‪)‬ LibriVox

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Athens is in a sorry state of affairs. The great tragedian, Euripides, is dead, and Dionysus, the god of the theater, has to listen to third-rate poetry. So, he determines to pack his belongings onto his trusty slave, Xanthias, and journey to the underworld to bring back Euripides! Hi-jinks ensue. (Summary by Libby Gohn)

Cast
Dionysus: bala
Xanthias/Narrator: Elizabeth Klett
Aeschylus: Abe Nemon
Euripides: Libby Gohn
Heracles: Algy Pug
Pluto: Alan Mapstone
Charon: Eliot Gage
Aeacus: Denny Sayers
Corpse: Todd
Maidservant: Amanda Friday
Landlady: Availle
Plathane: Marmalade Hanna
Chorus of Frogs: Anastasiia Solokha
Chorus of Initiates: mb

Audio edited by Libby Gohn

    Part 1

    Part 1

    • 53 min
    Part 2

    Part 2

    • 48 min

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