The Perilous Seat
Caroline Dale Snedeker
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
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 (9 hr 18 min)
Chapters
| Book I At the Pyhian Festival: Dryas Wins the Prize | 15:23 | Read by Virginia Neville |
| Parental Justice | 11:21 | Read by Virginia Neville |
| Book II A Childhood in Delphi: Theria, Seven Years Old | 12:24 | Read by Christine Rottger |
| Eleutheria Looks out of a Window | 15:08 | Read by Christine Rottger |
| The Traditions of the House | 18:53 | Read by Lynne T |
| The Guests | 10:41 | Read by Lynne T |
| What Gifts the Guests Brought | 11:07 | Read by Christine Rottger |
| Dryas Takes a Robber | 8:49 | Read by Christine Rottger |
| Laurel From Tempè | 13:15 | Read by Christine Rottger |
| A Boy Called Sophocles | 15:25 | Read by Christine Rottger |
| Why Not Be the Pythia? | 14:56 | Read by madhushree |
| Book III Within the Oracle: “The Place of Golden Tripods” | 25:07 | Read by Christine Rottger |
| In Pleistos Woods | 7:51 | Read by Christine Rottger |
| The Poor Slave | 13:09 | Read by Christine Rottger |
| The Shattered Cup | 7:28 | Read by madhushree |
| Gathering the Threads | 8:49 | Read by Little Beetle |
| The Youth under the Window | 8:46 | Read by Little Beetle |
| Gathering more Threads | 9:23 | Read by Lynne T |
| The Song Re-sung | 18:09 | Read by SKVeld |
| Love in the Lane | 20:19 | Read by SKVeld |
| A Procession of Sacrifice | 7:22 | Read by madhushree |
| In the Pythia House | 5:41 | Read by Kerry Adams |
| The Child Priestess | 8:21 | Read by Christine Rottger |
| The High, Perilous Seat | 12:13 | Read by Christine Rottger |
| Bitter Consequences | 10:01 | Read by czandra |
| “Pray to the Winds” | 7:47 | Read by SKVeld |
| The Messengers | 14:18 | Read by czandra |
| Outcast on Parnassos | 10:26 | Read by SKVeld |
| Eëtíon Pursues | 9:33 | Read by SKVeld |
| Shepherd Wisdom | 13:40 | Read by czandra |
| Nikander’s Nearest of Kin | 11:18 | Read by veera2022 |
| Terrible News from Thermopylæ | 13:23 | Read by veera2022 |
| At Eëtíon’s Call | 8:30 | Read by czandra |
| Eëtíon and Nikander | 3:54 | Read by czandra |
| Theria Tells Her Vision | 7:33 | Read by Christine Rottger |
| Refuge in the Precinct | 7:49 | Read by Christine Rottger |
| Book IV “The God Will Care for His Own”: The Persian Comes | 14:47 | Read by Christine Rottger |
| Thankfulness | 9:13 | Read by Christine Rottger |
| Nikander Pleads for His Daughter | 9:40 | Read by Christine Rottger |
| Again Home | 6:07 | Read by Christine Rottger |
| A Sculptor’s Respectability | 10:37 | Read by Christine Rottger |
| The Unwilling Colonist | 20:34 | Read by Christine Rottger |
| The Bird in the Cage | 20:07 | Read by Christine Rottger |
| The Metic | 6:36 | Read by Christine Rottger |
| The Marriage | 8:03 | Read by Christine Rottger |
| The Door of Escape | 9:53 | Read by Christine Rottger |
| Alien Meadows | 12:33 | Read by Christine Rottger |
| Town Makers | 12:06 | Read by Christine Rottger |
Reviews
Challenging Readers
TLocke
Having listened to less than half, I gave it up. I can usually adapt to various readers, but really struggled with two of the primary readers of this one. Also, readers changed frequently. If readers have an accent or unusual pronunciations, having all their chapters together would make it easier on the listener. I appreciate all readers, but just could not switch back and forth so quickly.
Great book!
WareforCoin
I wish it was longer, I liked it a lot. Definitely give it a listen, it hooks you in right away. It'll be over before you know it.