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Catalog date:
2022-10-16
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The Perilous Seat

Caroline Dale Snedeker (1871 - 1956)

Theria is a young Delphian woman who becomes an oracle. Persian wars, a doomed love affair, and a strong woman make up this well-researched novel set in Ancient Greece. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Genre(s): Historical

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Book I At the Pyhian Festival: Dryas Wins the Prize Virginia Neville
 00:15:23
Play 02 Parental Justice Virginia Neville
 00:11:21
Play 03 Book II A Childhood in Delphi: Theria, Seven Years Old Christine Rottger
 00:12:24
Play 04 Eleutheria Looks out of a Window Christine Rottger
 00:15:08
Play 05 The Traditions of the House Lynne T
 00:18:53
Play 06 The Guests Lynne T
 00:10:41
Play 07 What Gifts the Guests Brought Christine Rottger
 00:11:07
Play 08 Dryas Takes a Robber Christine Rottger
 00:08:49
Play 09 Laurel From Tempè Christine Rottger
 00:13:15
Play 10 A Boy Called Sophocles Christine Rottger
 00:15:25
Play 11 Why Not Be the Pythia? madhushree
 00:14:56
Play 12 Book III Within the Oracle: “The Place of Golden Tripods” Christine Rottger
 00:25:07
Play 13 In Pleistos Woods Christine Rottger
 00:07:51
Play 14 The Poor Slave Christine Rottger
 00:13:09
Play 15 The Shattered Cup madhushree
 00:07:28
Play 16 Gathering the Threads Little Beetle
 00:08:49
Play 17 The Youth under the Window Little Beetle
 00:08:46
Play 18 Gathering more Threads Lynne T
 00:09:23
Play 19 The Song Re-sung SKVeld
 00:18:09
Play 20 Love in the Lane SKVeld
 00:20:19
Play 21 A Procession of Sacrifice madhushree
 00:07:22
Play 22 In the Pythia House Kerry Adams
 00:05:41
Play 23 The Child Priestess Christine Rottger
 00:08:21
Play 24 The High, Perilous Seat Christine Rottger
 00:12:13
Play 25 Bitter Consequences czandra
 00:10:01
Play 26 “Pray to the Winds” SKVeld
 00:07:47
Play 27 The Messengers czandra
 00:14:18
Play 28 Outcast on Parnassos SKVeld
 00:10:26
Play 29 Eëtíon Pursues SKVeld
 00:09:33
Play 30 Shepherd Wisdom czandra
 00:13:40
Play 31 Nikander’s Nearest of Kin veera2022
 00:11:18
Play 32 Terrible News from Thermopylæ veera2022
 00:13:23
Play 33 At Eëtíon’s Call czandra
 00:08:30
Play 34 Eëtíon and Nikander czandra
 00:03:54
Play 35 Theria Tells Her Vision Christine Rottger
 00:07:33
Play 36 Refuge in the Precinct Christine Rottger
 00:07:49
Play 37 Book IV “The God Will Care for His Own”: The Persian Comes Christine Rottger
 00:14:47
Play 38 Thankfulness Christine Rottger
 00:09:13
Play 39 Nikander Pleads for His Daughter Christine Rottger
 00:09:40
Play 40 Again Home Christine Rottger
 00:06:07
Play 41 A Sculptor’s Respectability Christine Rottger
 00:10:37
Play 42 The Unwilling Colonist Christine Rottger
 00:20:34
Play 43 The Bird in the Cage Christine Rottger
 00:20:07
Play 44 The Metic Christine Rottger
 00:06:36
Play 45 The Marriage Christine Rottger
 00:08:03
Play 46 The Door of Escape Christine Rottger
 00:09:53
Play 47 Alien Meadows Christine Rottger
 00:12:33
Play 48 Town Makers Christine Rottger
 00:12:06