Philostratus
The Life of Apollonius of Tyana
Complete audiobook · 10 h 1 min · read by a synthetic voice
How this edition was made: Translated from the Greek of Kayser's Teubner text (Perseus) in 2026 (83,950 Greek words, 150 batches). Claude Sonnet 5.5 translation fleet; Claude Opus 5.5 referee audit of every batch against the Greek, with every finding ruled on and fixed; Claude Opus 5.5 translation of the opening and closing of every book and of the most famous passages. Zero shared 8-word runs with the public-domain versions (Conybeare 1912, Phillimore 1912, Berwick 1809). Read aloud by a synthetic voice (Kokoro). The method
About this audiobook
The complete Philostratus, The Life of Apollonius of Tyana, read aloud in full: 10 h 1 min across 17 parts. It reads a new modern-English translation from the Greek made in 2026, not an older public-domain translation, and each word highlights as it is spoken so you can read along.
Free to stream or download as MP3s, with no account. The same translation is free to read online and as an EPUB.
Many free audiobooks of classic texts are volunteer readings of translations from the 1800s. This one is one consistent modern voice from start to finish; the narrator is a synthetic (AI) voice.
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