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Where do you go if you want to hear what Plato sounded like? Or if you want to listen to a Beowulf recitation like you're a thane in a mead-hall? Today's the day! Ekho is here.

Fitts 12-13 of Beowulf are now live on Ekho. The Old English poem par excellence, although untitled and anonymous, is loved the world over and is known simply by its protagonist's name: Beowulf. app.ancientlanguage.com/tabs/discover/…

Five new fables are now live on Ekho. Aesop's Ancient Greek fables were collected centuries after his death, and were preserved for us in the Ancient Greek choliambic verse of the c. 2nd century AD poet Babrius, of whom very little is known. app.ancientlanguage.com/tabs/discover/…

NEW ON EKHO FOR APRIL! 🧵

Latin is not a dead language - it's been alive for over 2,000 years and shows no signs of slowing down. Thousands of people still read, write, and speak in it, and the works of history, poetry, philosophy, and theology penned in the language of the Romans continue to inspire.

All Ekho subscribers get unlimited access to paywalled New Humanists episodes. app.ancientlanguage.com/tabs/discover/…

Even after the defeat of Persia, Themistocles continued to guide Athenian policy using deception and misdirection to achieve his aims. His life is chronicled in a number of sources, including the "universal history" of the 1st century BC historian Diodorus Siculus.

Did the Odysseus of Homer's poetry really exist? Whether or not he did in some form, Classical Athens did have its own, real-life trickster-hero: Themistocles. Like Odysseus, Themistocles engineered victory in war by a combination of cunning and bravery.

The entire Gospel of John audiobook is available on the Ekho app. Since launch in January, our users have spent 103 hours listening to it.

@ekholang @vergilpress I’ve been using the audio book along with my well used copy of the First Steps, it’s great! @colingorrie

still best book in english lang for older english lang learn

@Black_Kettle We will persist in tempting you!

@ekholang Alas, my subscription budget is already somewhat stretched

With this short Old English textbook, the pedagogical pioneer Henry Sweet attempted to instill in students an "unconscious and instinctive" knowledge of the language by exposing students to easy reading of authentic sources.

The Ekho audiobook of the Old English selections from First Steps in Anglo-Saxon was recorded by Colin Gorrie in a reconstructed Late West Saxon pronunciation. Listen to it with an Ekho subscription: app.ancientlanguage.com/tabs/old-engli…

The first adapted text consists of passages from Bede's Astronomy, the second is the Old English gloss to Ælfric’s Colloquy on the Professions, and the third is a prose rendering of the first part of Beowulf.

@JamesWHankins1 Anyone who wants to hear the Old English Bible should check out @ekholang