The Odyssey · The City Taken by a Story · 3 Hour Sleep Story

Welcome to The Sleeping Almanac. Tonight the story is the oldest trick ever told. Ten long years the war for Troy would not end, until one restless mind thought of a horse of wood and a city that opened its own gates. This is the fall of Troy told gently, from the singer at the fire to the ships turning at last for home, calm enough to drift to and rich enough to stay awake for if you choose.

Close your eyes. Let the fire on the beach burn low. There is nothing to do now but listen and rest.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Welcome and the Singer at the Fire
3:00 Chapter One: The Song This Fire Will Not Steal
12:31 Chapter Two: The Ten Years Told as Weather
22:01 Chapter Three: The Mind the War Leaned On
31:32 Chapter Four: The Beggar Inside the Walls
41:03 Chapter Five: The Falling of the Brightest Star
50:34 Chapter Six: The Armor and the Silence
1:00:04 Chapter Seven: The Boy from Skyros
1:09:35 Chapter Eight: The Archer and the Old Bow
1:19:06 Chapter Nine: The Idea of the Horse
1:28:37 Chapter Ten: The Night of Held Breath
1:38:07 Chapter Eleven: The Ships Turn Home
1:47:38 Chapter Twelve: Goodnight and the Ships Turning Home

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