Ulysses

By: Alfred Lord Tennyson

Narrated by: Mike Vendetti

Award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti performs Tennyson’s oft quoted poem Ulysses, a work that has withstood the test of time.

Public Domain (P)2018 Mike Vendetti

Mispronunciation and dyssynchronous delivery

Reader, Mike Vendetti, mispronounces the name of Ulysses’ son, Telemachus, as something like “Temelicus” which grates on the ear of the appreciator of Ancient Greek literature. He also seems to be trying to impose his own rhythm on the poem, fighting that which Tennyson himself wrote into the poem.

The reader wasn’t very dramatic; I think the poem deserved much more.

The reader called Odysseus’s son “Temelachus” instead of “Telemachus”! Are the readings reviewed against the text before they are sent out???