The Life of Greece: A History of Greek Civilization from the Beginnings, and of Civilization in the Near East from the Death of Alexander, to the Roman Conquest: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Story of Civilization series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Life of Greece: A History of Greek Civilization from the Beginnings, and of Civilization in the Near East from the Death of Alexander, to the Roman Conquest runs 32.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki (about 21.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 32.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 66 days |
| 1 hour / day | 33 days |
| 2 hours / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 22 days |
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What our data says
- At 32.6 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Story of Civilization
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 50.3 hours before it; books 1 to 11 run 484.9 hours in all.
More narrated by Stefan Rudnicki
Stefan Rudnicki narrates 744 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,226 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
74 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Life of Greece: A History of Greek Civilization from the Beginnings, and of Civilization in the Near East from the Death of Alexander, to the Roman Conquest is book 2 of Will Durant's Story of Civilization series: a 32.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Stefan Rudnicki, released November 15, 2013, on the World and Ancient Civilizations shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 32.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stefan Rudnicki
- Released
- November 15, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Ancient Civilizations
- Series
- The Story of Civilization #2
- ISBN
- 9781483087368
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Life of Greece: A History of Greek Civilization from the Beginnings, and of Civilization in the Near East from the Death of Alexander, to the Roman Conquest as an audiobook?
The Life of Greece: A History of Greek Civilization from the Beginnings, and of Civilization in the Near East from the Death of Alexander, to the Roman Conquest runs 32.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 21.7 hours.
Is The Life of Greece: A History of Greek Civilization from the Beginnings, and of Civilization in the Near East from the Death of Alexander, to the Roman Conquest free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Life of Greece: A History of Greek Civilization from the Beginnings, and of Civilization in the Near East from the Death of Alexander, to the Roman Conquest?
The Life of Greece: A History of Greek Civilization from the Beginnings, and of Civilization in the Near East from the Death of Alexander, to the Roman Conquest is narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.
Is The Life of Greece: A History of Greek Civilization from the Beginnings, and of Civilization in the Near East from the Death of Alexander, to the Roman Conquest worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 21.7 hours, saving 10.9 hours.