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  • La follia degli antichi, Vol. 1 [The Madness of the Ancients, Vol. 1]

  • Dèi, eroi, uomini [Gods, Heroes, Men]
  • By: Simone Bedetti
  • Narrated by: Valentina Palmieri
  • Length: 1 hr and 40 mins

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La follia degli antichi, Vol. 1 [The Madness of the Ancients, Vol. 1]

By: Simone Bedetti
Narrated by: Valentina Palmieri
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Una visione cosmogonica della follia attraverso una serie di biografie magnifiche e terribili, solari e allucinate di dèi, eroi, tiranni, filosofi, uomini, arricchite da emozionanti ed evocativi brani musicali. Le biografie del primo volume: Dioniso, Orfeo, Eracle, Era, Soma, Aiace, Icaro."Il mito riporta questa catena di azioni: dalla solitudine il desiderio, dal desiderio l'attaccamento, dall'attaccamento l'amore, dall'amore la gelosia, dalla gelosia l'odio, dall'odio la follia, dalla follia la poesia, dalla poesia la conoscenza.” In collaborazione con: Teatro della Rabbia. Direzione artistica: Francesca Migliore.

A cosmogonic glance on madness through a series of biographies, magnificent and terrible, cheerful and hallucinated, of gods, tyrants, philosophers, men, enriched by thrilling, evocative music. In the first volume you'll find the biographies of: Dionysus, Orpheus, Hera, Chandra, Ajax, Icarus."The myth entails the following chain of actions: from solitude to desire, from desire to affection, from affection to love, from love to jealousy, from jealousy to hate, from hate to madness, from madness to poetry, from poetry to knowledge." In collaboration with: Teatro della Rabbia. Art Direction: Francesca Migliore.

Please note: This audiobook is in Italian.

©2011 Area51 Publishing (P)2011 Area51 Publishing

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