Guided Sleep Meditation & Sleep Hypnosis from Sleep Cove - The Odyssey and The Tales of Troy - Part 3 - Achilles and the Gathering Storm

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Starting point is 00:01:10 has to do the hard thing. That's my responsibility. Dr. Banner? I didn't know you could get that big. Spider-Man, brand new day. In theaters, July 31st. Hello and welcome to part three of the adventures of Odysseus and the tale of Troy. Let's have a recap of part two. With a secret. help of the goddess Athena, Telemachus gathered supplies and a crew before sailing from Ithaca in search of his missing father. As their ship travels through the night, the minstrel Femius tells them how Troy became the greatest and most strongly defended city in the world. He recounts how Paris awarded the golden apple to Aphrodite. angering Herra and Athena in return for the promise that the world's most beautiful woman would become his wife.

Starting point is 00:02:19 Paris later stole Helen away from King Manilaus, causing the Greek kings and heroes, including Odysseus and Achinnes, to unite against Troy. Telemachus arrives at Pinus and asks the elderly king Nestle. the news of Odysseus, but Nesta knows nothing of what happened to him after the war. Nesta therefore lends Telemachus a chariot and sends his son Pysistratus to guide him across the country to Sparta, at the magnificent palace of Melaleus. The two travellers are warmly welcomed into a great wedding feast, before anyone asks who they are. Helen recognizes Telemachus from his remarkable resemblance to Odysseus, and Manilaeus prepares to give the news to Telemachus if Odysseus is alive or not in the upcoming reading.

Starting point is 00:03:32 You'll hear about a mysterious scene god who can transform into fearsome beasts, and does he hold the long-awaited truth about Odysseus? Also, Telebuchas, hears the extraordinary story of Aquinnies, from his secret hiding place to his rise as Greece's greatest warrior. However, a bitter quarrel threatens to tear the Greek army apart. With Apollo sending a deadly plague through the Greek camp, and Hector's enormous army preparing to attack, the heroes face dangerous choices between pride, loyalty, glory and survival.

Starting point is 00:04:22 So let's begin, part three. Chapter 9, said Melaleus, over against the river that flows out of Egypt, There is an island that men call Ferros. And to that island I came with my ships, when we, the heroes who had fought at Troy, were separated one from the other. There I was held, day after day, by the will of the gods. Our provision of corn was spent, and by my knowledge.

Starting point is 00:05:07 men were in danger of perishing of hunger. Then one day, while my companions were striving desperately to get fish out of the sea, I met on the shore one who had pity for our plight. She was an immortal. Idothia, her daughter of the ancient one of the sea. I craved of her to tell me how we might get away from that place and she consoled me to take by an ambush her father the ancient one of the sea

Starting point is 00:05:49 who was also called Proteus you can make him tell you said she for he knows all things what you must do to get away from this island of Ferros Moreover, he can declare to you what happened to the heroes you have been separated from, and what has taken place in your own hall. Then said I to the kind nymph, Idothea, show me how I may take an ambush, your immortal father, the ancient one of the sea.

Starting point is 00:06:36 said Edothea, My father, Proteus, comes out of the sea When the sun is highest in the heavens. Then would he lie down to sleep in the caves That are along the shore. But before he goes to sleep, He counts as a shepherd counts his flock, The seals that come out of the ocean

Starting point is 00:07:03 And lie round, where he lies. If there be one too many or one less, then there should be, he will not go to sleep in the cave. But I will show you how you and certain of your companions may be near without the ancient one of the sea, being aware of your presence. Take three of your men, the three you trust above all the others. and as soon as it is dawn tomorrow meet me by the edge of the sea. So saying the nymph, Ido Thea, plunged into the sea, and I went from that place, anxious, but with hope in my heart. Now as soon as the dawn had come, I walked by the seashore,

Starting point is 00:08:03 and with me came the three that I trusted above all my companions. The daughter of the ancient one of the sea, Idohea, came to us. In our arms, she had the skins of seals newly slain, one for each of us, and at the cave where the seals lay, she scooped holes in the sand and baders lie there, covering ourselves with the skins. Then she spoke to me and said, When my father, the ancient one of the sea, comes here to sleep, lay hands upon him, and hold him with all the strength you have,

Starting point is 00:08:47 he will change himself into many shapes, but do not let go your hold upon him. When he changes back into the shape he had at first, you may let go your holds. Question him then as to how you may leave this place, or question him as to any other matter that may be on your mind, and he will answer you, speaking the truth. We lay down in the holes, and she scooped in the sand, and she covered each of us with one of the skins she had brought. Then the seals came out of the sea and lay all around us. The smell that came from those beasts of the sea afflicted us,

Starting point is 00:09:40 and it was then that our adventure became terrible. We could not have endured it if Idothia had not helped us in this also. She took ambrosia and set it beneath each man's nostril, so that when came to us was not the smell of the sea beasts, but a divine saviour. Then the nymph went back to the sea. We lay there with steadfast hearts amongst the herd of seals, until the sun was at its highest in the heavens. The ancient water of the sea came out of the ocean depths.

Starting point is 00:10:25 he went amongst the seals and counted them, and as four men he reckoned amongst his herd. Then in great contentment he laid himself down to sleep. We rushed upon him with a cry and laid hold of him with all the strength of our hands. But we had no sooner grasped him than his shape changed. changed. He became a lion and fosters. Yet, we did not let go of our grasp. He became a serpent. Yet we still held him. He became a leopard, and then a mighty bull. He became a stream of water, and then a flowering tree. Yet still we held to him with all our might, and our hearts were not daunted by the shapes he changed to before our eyes.

Starting point is 00:11:31 Then seeing that he could not make us lose our hold, the ancient one of the sea, who was called Proteus, ceased in his changes and became as we had seen. Son of Atreus, said he, speaking to me, Who was it showed you how to lay this other? ambush for me. It is for you who know all things, said I, to make answer to us. Tell me now why it is that I am held on this island. Which of the gods holds me here and for what reason? And the ancient one of the sea answered me, speaking truth. Zeus, the greatest of all the gods.

Starting point is 00:12:25 holds you here. You neglected to make sacrifice to the gods, and for that reason you are held on this island. Then, said I, what must I do to win back the favour of the gods? He told me, speaking truth, before setting sail for your own land, he said, you must return to the river Egyptus that flows out of Africa and offer sacrifice there to the gods. When he had said this, my spirit was broken with grief. A long and a grievous way, would I have to sail to make that sacrifice, turning back from my own land. The will of the gods would have it be done.

Starting point is 00:13:21 Again I was moved to question. in the ancient one of the sea, and to ask him for tidings of the men who were my companions in the walls of Troy. O son of Odysseus, more broken than ever was my spirit with grief when he told me of their face. When I heard how my brother, great Agamonon, reached his own land and was glad in his heart. But his wife had hatred for him, and in his own hall, she and Aegisthus had him slain. I sat and wept on the sands, but still I questioned the ancient war of the sea, and he told me of strong Ajax, and how he was killed by the falling rock after he had boasted that Poseidon the god of the sea could afflict him no more

Starting point is 00:14:22 and of your father the renowned Odysseus the ancient one had a tale to tell then and even now it may be Odysseus was on an island away from all mankind There he abides in the hall of the nymph Calypso, the ancient one of the sea told me. I saw him shed great tears because he could not go for that place, but he had no ship and no companions. And the nymph Calypso holds him there, and always he longs to return to his own country, to the land of Ithaca and after he had spoken to me of Odysseus

Starting point is 00:15:14 he went from his and plunged into the sea thereafter I went back to the river Egyptus and morned my ships and made pious sacrifice to the gods a fair wind came to us and we set out

Starting point is 00:15:35 for our own country swiftly we came to it and now you see me the happiest of all those who set out to wage war against Troy and now my dear son of Odysseus you know what an immortal

Starting point is 00:15:54 told of your father how he is still in life but how he is held from returning to his own home Thus, from Menelaus, the youth Telemachus got tiding of his father. When the king ceased to speak, they went from the hall with torches in their hands, and came to the vestibule where Hanon's handmaids had repaired beds for Telemachus and Pisistratus, and as he lay there under purple blankets and soft coverlets, the son of Odysseus,

Starting point is 00:16:40 thought upon his father still in life, but held in that unknown island by the nymph. Chapter 10 His ship and his fellow voyages waited at Pynos, but for a while longer, Telemachus, bided in Sparta, for he would fain hear from Manilaeus and from Hanon the tale of Troy. Many days he stayed, and on the first day Menelaus told him of Achilles, the greatest of the heroes who had fought against Troy. And on another day, Hanon told him of Heclius. the noblest of all the men who defended King Priam City. Achilles, said King Menelaus, was sprung of a race that was favoured by the immortals. Panios, the father of Aquinas, had for his friend Chiron the wisest of the Centaurs.

Starting point is 00:17:59 Of those immortals, who are half men and half horse, Ciron it was who gave Panios his great spear. And when Penaos desired to wed an immortal, Zeus, the greatest of the gods, prevailed upon the nymph, Fetus, to marry him. although marriage with a mortal was against her will. To the wedding of Thetis and Pellios, all the gods came, and for wedding gifts, Zeus gave such armour as no mortal has ever worn before.

Starting point is 00:18:48 Armour wonderfully bright and wonderfully strong, and he gave also two immortal horses. Achilles was the child of Thetis and Pellios of an immortal woman married to a mortal hero. He grew up, most strong and fleet of foot, when he was grown to be a youth. He was sent to Chiron and his father's friend instructed him in all the ways of war. He became the greatest of spearmen, and on the mountain, with the centaur, he gained in strength and fleetness of foot. Now after, he returned to his father's hall, the war against Troy began to be prepared for. Agamannon, the king, wanted Achilles to join the host, but Thetis, knowing.

Starting point is 00:19:53 knowing that great disasters would before those who went to that wall feared for Achilles. She resolved to hide him so that no word from King Agamendon might reach him. And how did the nymph? Thetus hide her son. She sent him to King Lachimides and prayed the king to hide Achilles amongst his daughters. So the youth Achilles was dressed as a maiden and stayed with the daughters of the king. The messages of Agamemnon searched everywhere for him. Many of them came to the court of King like Amides,

Starting point is 00:20:40 but not finding one like Achilles amongst the king's sons they went away. Indyceus, by Agamendon's order, came to seek Achilles. He knew that the youth was not amongst the king's sons. He saw the king's daughters in their father's orchard, but could not tell if Achilles was amongst them, for all were veiled and dressed alike. Mendysseus went away and returned as a peddler carrying in his pack such things as maidens admire veils and ornaments and a brazen mirrors but under veils and ornaments and mirrors the wise Odysseus left a gleaming sword

Starting point is 00:21:41 We came before the maidens in the king's orchard He lay down his peddless pack The mirrors and veils and ornaments Were taken up and examined eagerly But one of the company Took up the gleaming sword And looked at it with flashing eyes Odysseus knew

Starting point is 00:22:08 That this was Achilles King Pellius' son. He gave the youth the summons of King Agamendon, binding him join the wall that the kings and princes of Greece were about to wange against Troy. And Achilles was glad to get the summons and glad to go. He returned to Pythia to his father's citadel. There did he make ready

Starting point is 00:22:40 to go to Orlus, where the ships were being gathered. He took with him his father's famous warriors, the Mermedons, who were never beaten in battle, and his father bestowed on him, the armour and the horses that had been the gift of Zeus, the two immortal horses, Xanthos and Banios. But what rejoice!

Starting point is 00:23:10 Echinies more than the gift of marvellous armour and immortal steeds was that his dear comrade Patroclos was to be with him as his mate in wall. Patroclos had come into Pithia and into the hall of Penaos when he was a young boy. In his own country he had killed another boy by mischance over a game of dice. His father, to save him from the penalty, fled with him to King Penaos, and Achilles' father gave them refuge and took Patroclos into his house and reared him up with his own son. Later he made him squire to Achilles. These two grew up together and more than brothers they loved each other. Achilles made goodbye to Pythia and to his hero father and his immortal mother,

Starting point is 00:24:16 and he and Patroclos, with the Maimodons, went over the sea to Orlis, and joined the host of kings and princes who made a vow not to refrain from war until they had taken King Priam's famous city. Chapter 11 Achilles became the most renowned of all the heroes who strove against Troy in the years the fighting went on, before the sight of him, clad in the flashing armour that was the gift of Zeus

Starting point is 00:24:59 and standing in the chariot drawn by the immortal horses, The Trojan ranks would break and the Trojan men would flee back to the gate of their city. And many lesser cities and towns around Troy were taken with the help of Achilles. Now because of two maidens taken captive from some of these cities, a quarrel between Achinneys and Agamendon grew up. One of the maidens was called Chryseus and the other, Bresceus. Chryscius was given to Agamendon and Bresceus to Achinnes. The father of Chryseus was a priest of Apollo,

Starting point is 00:25:53 and when the maiden his daughter was not given back to him, he went and prayed the God to avenge him on the host. Apollo listened to his prayer and straight away the god left his mountain peak with his bow of silver in his hand he stood behind the ships and shot his arrows into the host terrible was the clanging of his silver bow he smoked the beasts of the camp first the dogs and the mules and the horses and then he smoked the men and those whom his arrow smoked were stricken by the plague. The warriors began to die, and every day more perished by the plague than were killed by the spears and swords and arrows of the Trojans.

Starting point is 00:26:53 Now a council was summoned, and the chiefs debated who was to be done to save the host. At the council, there was a sooth, named Calcas, he stood up and declared that he knew the cause of the plague, and he knew too how the remainder of the host might be saved from it. It was because of the anger of Apollo, Calchas said, and that anger could only be averted by Agamennon, sending back to his father, the priest of Apollo, the maiden Chryseus. Then Agamonon was exceedingly angry. Thou seer of things evil, said he to Calcus,

Starting point is 00:27:44 never didst thou see aught of good for me or mine. The maiden given to me Chryseus, I greatly prize, yet rather than my folk should perish, I shall let her be taken from me. But to this, let you all. all of the council I know, some other prize must be given to me that the whole host may know that Agamendon is not slighted. Then said Achilles, Agamendon, of all kings you are the most covetous, the best of us toil and battle, that you may come and take what part of the spoil

Starting point is 00:28:30 may please you. Be covetous no more. Let this maiden go back to her father, and afterwards we will give you some other prize, said Agamon, the council here must bind itself to give me recompense. Still you speak of recompense, Agamon, answered Achilles. No one gains more than you gain. I know Croll Or the men of Troy And yet I have come here And my hands bear the brunt of the war You, who are captains,

Starting point is 00:29:09 must give me recompense, said Agamendom Or else I shall go to the tent of Achilles And take away the maiden given to him Presius of the fair cheeks I am worried of making war for you answered Achilles, though I am always in the strife, but a little of the spoil comes to my tent. Now will I depart to my own land, to Pythia, for I am not minded to stay here and be dishonoured by you,

Starting point is 00:29:46 O' King. Go, said Agamonon, if your soul be set upon fleeing go, but do not think that the there are not captains and heroes here who make war without you. Go unlawed it amongst your mymodons. Never shall we seek your aid. On all may know, I am greater than you, Achilles. I shall go to your tent and take away the maiden, Briseus. When he heard Agamandon's speech, Achilles' heart was divided. He knew not whether he should remain still and silent in his anger, or thrusting the counsellor's side, go to Agamendon and slay him with the sword. His hand was upon the sword-hilt, when an immortal appeared to him, the goddess Athena.

Starting point is 00:30:47 No one in the company but Aquinas was aware of her presence. Draw not the sword upon Agamendon, she said, for equally dear to the gods are you both. Then Achilles drew back and thrust his heavy sword into its sheath again, but although he held his hand, he did not refrain from angry and bitter words. He threw down, on the ground, the staff that had been put into his hand, his hands as a sign that he was not to be listened to in the council. By this staff, that no more shall bear leaf or blossom, he said. I swear that a longing for Achilles' aid

Starting point is 00:31:40 shall come upon the host of Agamendon. But no Achilles shall come to their help. I swear that I shall let Hector triumph over you. Then the council broke up, and Achilles with Patroclus, his dear comrade, went back to their tent. A ship was launched, and the maiden Chryseus was put aboard, and Odysseus was placed in command. They set out for Christ. There on the beach they found the priest of Apollo, and Odysseus placed his daughter in the old man's arms. They made sacrifice to Apollo, and thereafter the plague was averted from the host. But to Achilles' tent came the messengers of the king.

Starting point is 00:32:37 They took Briseus of the fair cheeks and led her away. Achilles in bitter anger sat by the sea, hard in his resolve, not to help Agamendon's men, no matter what defeat, great Hector, inflicted. upon them. Chapter 12. Such was the quarrel, dear son between Agamendon, King of Men and the Great Achilles, ah, because of that quarrel, many brave men and great captains whom I remember went down to their deaths. But Agamendon was long relented, and he sent three envoys to make friendship between himself and Achilles. The envoys were Odysseus and Ajax,

Starting point is 00:33:34 and the old man Phoenix, who had been a foster father to Achilles. Now when these three went into his hut, they found Achilles sitting with a liar in his hands, singing to the music he made. His song was of what Thetis, his goddess mother, had told him,

Starting point is 00:33:57 concerning his own fate. How, if he remained in the war against Troy, he should win for himself, imperishable renown, but would soon lose his life, and how, if he left the war, his years in his own land, should be long, although no great renown would be his. Patroclos, his dear friend, listened to what Achilles sang, and Achilles sang, of what royal state would be his if he gave of the war against the Trojans, and went back to his father's halls. Lord Pellius would welcome him, and he would sink a bride for him from amongst the loveliest of the Greek maidens. In three days he sang Can Poseidon God of the sea

Starting point is 00:34:55 Bring me to my own land Into my father's Royal Castle Well dulse Thou sing Achilles Said Odysseus to him And pleasant Would it be to hear thy song

Starting point is 00:35:11 If our hearts were not filled up With great griefs But have not nine years Passed away since we came here to take war on Troy, and now are not our ship's timbers rotted, and their tacklings loosed, and do not many of our warriors think in their hearts

Starting point is 00:35:33 how their wives and children have long been waiting for their return, and still the walls of Troy rise up before us, as high and incongerable as ever. No wonder our hearts are filled up with griefs, and now Achilles the greatest of our heroes, and the Maimodons, the best of our warriors, have left us and gone out of the fight. Even today did Great Hector turn back our battalions

Starting point is 00:36:10 that were led by Achaemenon, and Ajax and Diamides, driving us to the wall that we have built around our ships, behind that wall we halted, and called one to the other to find out who had escaped and who had fallen in the onslaught Hector made. Only when he had driven us behind our wall did Hector turn back his chariot and draw off his men.

Starting point is 00:36:44 But Hector had not gone. gone through the gates of the city. Look now Achilles. His chariots remain on the plane. No now. His watch fires. A thousand fires thou canst see and beside each sits fifty warriors, with their horses loose beside their chariots, champing Barley.

Starting point is 00:37:11 Eagerly, they wait for the light of the dawn, when they will come against us again, hoping this time to overthrow the wall we have built it and come to our ships and burn them with fire and so destroy all hope of our return. We are all stricken with grief and fear, even Agamendon weeps. We have seen him standing before us like unto, a dark fountain breaking from some beetling cliff. How else could he but weep tears? Tomorrow.

Starting point is 00:37:54 It may be he shall have to bid the host draw the ships to the water and depart from the coast of Troy. Then his name forever to be dishonoured because of defeat and the loss of so many warriors. Deemst thou I grieve for Agamendon's griefs, Odysseus, said Achinnes. But although thou dost speak of Agamon, thou art welcome, thou and thy companions, even in my wrath, you three are dear to me. He brought them within the hut, and bade a feast be prepared to them.

Starting point is 00:38:39 To Odysseus, Ajax and Phoenix, wine cups were handed, and when they had feasted and drunk wine, Odysseus turned to where Achilles sat on his bench in the light of the fire and said, No Achilles, that we three are here as envoys from King Agamonon. He would make a friendship with thee again. He was injured and he has offended thee But all that a man can do He will do to make amends The maiden Bryseus

Starting point is 00:39:19 He will let go back Many gifts when he give thee two Achilles He will give the seven tripods And twenty cauldrons And ten talents of gold Yes and besides Twelve royal horses each one of them which has triumphed in some race.

Starting point is 00:39:43 He who possesses these horses will never lack for wealth as long as prizes are to be won by swiftness, and hearken to what more Agamemnon bade us to say to thee, if we win Troy, he will let thee load your ship with spoil of the city, with gold and bronze and precious stuffs, and thereafter, if we win to our homes, he will treat thee as his own royal son, and will give these seven cities to rule over. And if thy wilt wed, there are three daughters in his hall, three of the fairest maidens of Greeks,

Starting point is 00:40:32 and he will give one of his daughters for you to choose, for your wife. So Odysseus spoke, and then Ajax said, think Achilles, and abandoned now thy wrath, if Agamendon, to be hated to thee, if thou despiseth his gifts, think upon thy friends and thy companions, and have pity upon them, even for our sakes, Achilles, arise now and go into battle and stay the onslaught of the terrible Hector. Achilles did not answer. His lion's eyes were fixed upon those who had spoken and his look did not change at all for all that was said.

Starting point is 00:41:25 The old man Phoenix, who had nurtured him, went over to him. He could not speak, for tears had burst from him, but at last, holding Achilles' hands, he said, In thy father's house, did I not rear thee to greatness, even thee most noble Achilles, With me and with none other Wost thou go into the feast hall And as a child Thou wouldn't stay at my knee And eat the morsel I gave

Starting point is 00:42:04 And drink from the cup That I put to thy lips I reared of thee And I suffered and toiled much That you might have strength And skill and quickness and be thy merciful in thy heart Achilles. But not wrathful anymore.

Starting point is 00:42:27 Cast aside thine anger now and save the host. Come now, the gifts Agamendon would give thee are very great, and no king nor prince could despise them. But if without gifts thou wouldst enter the battle, than above all heroes, the host would honour thee. Achilles answered Phoenix greatly and said, They honour the host would bestow upon me I have no need of, for I am honoured in the judgment of Zeus, the greatest of the gods.

Starting point is 00:43:11 And while breath remains with me, that honour cannot pass away, But do thou, Phoenix, stay with me, and many things I shall bestow upon thee, even the half of my kingdom. Ah, but urge me not to help Agamemnon, for if thou dost I look upon thee as a friend to Agamendon, I shall hate thee, my foster-father, as I hate him. Then to Odysseus, Achilles spoke and said, Son of Laetri's wisest of men, Harking now to what I shall say to thee,

Starting point is 00:43:57 Here I should have stayed and worn that imperishable renown that my goddess mother told me of. Even at the cost of my young life, if Agamendon had not aroused the wrath, that now possesses me, know that my soul is implacable towards him. How often did I watch out sleepless nights? How often did I spend my days in bloody battle for the sake of Agamendon's and his brother's cause? Why are we here, if not because of the lovely heaven? And yet one whom I cherished, as Melaleus, cherished Helen, has been taken from me by order of this king.

Starting point is 00:44:53 He would let her go her way now. But no, I do not desire to see Bryseus ever again, for everything that comes from Agamendon's hand is hateful to me. Hateful are all the gifts he would bestow upon me and him his treasures. I hold at straws worth. I have chosen. Tomorrow I shall have my Maimodons draw my ships out to the sea, and I shall depart from Troy for my own land. Said Ajax,

Starting point is 00:45:36 Have the gods Aquinas put in. into your breast, a spirit implacable and proud above all men's spirits. Yes, Ajax, said Akinnes, my spirit cannot contain my wrath. Agamennon has treated me not as a leader of armies, who won many battles for him, but as a vile sojourner in his camp. Go now and declare my will to him. never again shall I take thought of his

Starting point is 00:46:12 war so he spoke and each man took up a two-handled cup and poured out wine as an offering to the gods then Odysseus and Ajax in sadness

Starting point is 00:46:26 left the hut but Phoenix remained and for him Patroclus the dear friend of Achilles spread a couch of fleeces and rugs. Indiceus and Ajax went along the shore of the sea and by the lines of the ships, and they came to where Agamemnon was, were the greatest of the warriors of the host.

Starting point is 00:46:53 Odysseus told them that by no means would Achilles join in the battle, and they were all made silent with grief. Then Diomedes, the great horseman rose up, and said, Let Akhidi stay or go, fight or not fight, as it pleases him. But it is for us who have made a vow to take Priam City to fight on. Let us take food and rest now, and tomorrow let us go against Hector's host, and you, Agamendon, take the foremost place in the battle. So Diomedes spoke. and the warriors applauded what he said, and they all poured out my bations of wine to the gods,

Starting point is 00:47:45 and thereafter they went to their huts and slept. But for Agamendon, the king, there was no sleep that night, before his eyes was the blaze of Hector's thousand watchfires, and in his ears were the sounds of pipes and flutes that made warm music, for the Trojan host encamped upon the plane.

Guided Sleep Meditation & Sleep Hypnosis from Sleep Cove - The Odyssey and The Tales of Troy - Part 3 - Achilles and the Gathering Storm

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