The Aeneid, by Virgil, Translated by John Dryden, Part 1

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

Sharon Handy

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🗓️ 6 November 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Let’s kick off Listener Request Month with this classic, our first full “verse” offering. Scheming gods, shipwrecks, and heroic speeches, it’s everything you want from an epic you just pretended to read in school.

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0:00.0	Good evening and thank you for joining me for another boring books for bedtime.
0:08.0	I hope tonight's election provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you get
0:17.4	some sleep.
0:19.8	Before we begin, I'd like to give a special shout out of thanks to some new members of our
0:25.8	Patreon family. Aria, Nigel, Joseph, Molly, and Lisa.
0:36.6	Thank you all so much for supporting this podcast.
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1:07.0	You'll find a link to Patreon in the show description.
1:11.0	You'll also find a link to buy me a coffee.com where you can support us with a one-time
1:17.4	tip no subscription required. I hope you'll take a moment to check them out. Now let's read and relax.
1:30.0	Find a comfortable spot. Adjust your volume.
1:37.0	Take a nice deep breath in.
1:42.0	Let it out slowly. And off we go. Tonight we're kicking off a month of listener requests, of which I have a substantial list.
1:59.4	So let's begin with a classic, The Aniad by Virgil, translated by John Dryden in 1697. Let's begin.
2:15.0	The Aneid, Book 1. The argument.
2:18.0	The argument.
2:20.0	The Trojans, after a seven years voyage, sets sail for Italy, but are overtaken by a dreadful
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