12 Best ancient books like The Acharnians by Aristophanes, Maria de Fátima Sousa e Silva, Richard Thomas Elliott

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The Acharnians

By: Aristophanes , Maria de Fátima Sousa e Silva , None , Richard Thomas Elliott

4.10

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

If you liked the ancient plot in The Acharnians by Aristophanes, Maria de Fátima Sousa e Silva, None, Richard Thomas Elliott , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Hippolytos

By: Euripides , Robert Bagg

3.81

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

In most versions of the Hippolytos myth, Phaidra is depicted as an utterly debauched character, a w… read more

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  • plays
  • drama
"There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course; a quiet conscience."

-Euripides, Hippolytos

"I have pondered on the causes of a life's shipwreck. I think that our lives are worse than the mind's quality would warrant. There are many who know virtue. We know the good, we apprehend it clearly.…"

-Euripides, Hippolytos

"О Зевс! Зачем ты создавал жену? И это зло с его фальшивым блеском Лучам небес позволил обливать? Иль для того, чтоб род людской продолжить, Ты обойтись без женщины не мог? Иль из своих за медь и злат…"

-Euripides, Hippolytos

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2. Women of Trachis

By: C.K. Williams , Sophocles , Gregory W. Dickerson

3.84

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Mutability; uncertainty; a universe of precipitous these themes are at the heart of Sophocles' tra… read more

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  • classics
  • ancient
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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3. Helen

By: Euripides , Colin Leach

3.80

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

Among the legends of ancient Greece, there is perhaps no story more compelling than that of Helen. … read more

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  • plays
  • classics
  • fiction
  • drama
"It is right for women to stand by a woman's cause."

-Euripides, Helen

"What mortal claims, by searching to the utmost limit, to have found out the nature of God, or of his opposite, or of that which comes between, seeing as he doth this world of man tossed to and fro by…"

-Euripides, Helen

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4. Electra

By: Euripides , Janet Lempke

2.86

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the… read more

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  • plays
  • classics
  • fiction
  • drama
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5. The Bacchae

By: Euripides , Kenneth McLeish , None

3.92

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Euripides' classic drama about the often mortifying consequences of the unbridled--and frequently h… read more

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  • ancient
  • classics
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"Cleverness is not wisdom."

-Euripides, The Bacchae

"He who believes needs no explanation."

-Euripides, The Bacchae

"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish."

-Euripides, The Bacchae

"Prepare yourselves for the roaring voice of the God of Joy!"

-Euripides, The Bacchae

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6. The Acharnians

By: Aristophanes , Maria de Fátima Sousa e Silva , None , Richard Thomas Elliott

4.10

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

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  • classics
  • humor
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  • fiction
  • plays
  • comedy
  • drama
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7. Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)

By: Sophocles , John Harrison , Shomit Dutta

3.92

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

Written in the fifth century B.C., Sophocles' tragedy concerns the shame and death of Ajax, a Greek… read more

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  • ancient
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  • drama
"If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate."

-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)

"To look on self-wrought woes, when no other has had a hand in them- this lays sharp pangs to the soul."

-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)

"Which would you choose if you could: pleasure for yourself despite your friends or a share in their grief?"

-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)

"AGAMEMNÔN. Il n’est pas facile à un roi d’être pieux. ODYSSEUS. Mais les rois peuvent obéir aux amis qui les conseillent bien."

-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)

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8. Philoctetes

By: Sophocles

3.89

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Philoctetes is a play written by Sophocles, an ancient Greek playwright, that tells the story of Ph… read more

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  • classics
  • ancient
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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9. Orestes

By: Euripides , John Peck , Frank Nisetich

4.03

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the… read more

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  • plays
  • classics
  • fiction
  • drama
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10. Eumenides (Oresteia, #3)

By: Aeschylus , Alan H. Sommerstein

3.85

Format: 320 pages, cloth

Sommerstein presents a freshly constituted text, with introduction and commentary, of Eumenides, th… read more

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  • ancient
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"My heart's a dance of fear."

-Aeschylus, Eumenides (Oresteia, #3)

"Quando dorme la mente scintilla di mille occhi"

-Aeschylus, Eumenides (Oresteia, #3)

"Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community."

-Aeschylus, Eumenides (Oresteia, #3)

"ATHENA: There are two sides to this dispute. I've heard only one half the argument. (...) So you two parties, summon your witnesses, set out your proofs, with sworn evidence to back your stories. Onc…"

-Aeschylus, Eumenides (Oresteia, #3)

11. Electra

By: Sophocles , J. Michael Walton , None

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The Drama Classic edition of Sophocles' version of the Electra myth. read more

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  • plays
  • classics
  • fiction

12. The Trojan Women

By: Euripides , Gilbert Murray

4.16

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

"This is a new translation of the classic play. It combines a poet's translation with a scholar's i… read more

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  • classics
  • ancient
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2) by Sophocles, Eamon Grennan, Rachel Kitzinger

13. Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)

By: Sophocles , Eamon Grennan , Rachel Kitzinger

3.53

Format: 39 pages, Paperback

The latest title to join the acclaimed Greek Tragedy in New Translations series, Sophocles' Oedipus… read more

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  • plays
  • classics
  • fiction
  • drama
Cover of The Libation Bearers (Oresteia, #2) by Aeschylus

14. The Libation Bearers (Oresteia, #2)

By: Aeschylus

3.80

Format: 43 pages, None

Produced in 458 BC, Aeschylus' Choephori is the second play in the Oresteian trilogy. Many years af… read more

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  • plays
  • ancient
  • classics
  • fiction
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15. The Suppliants

By: Aeschylus

3.41

Format: 52 pages, Paperback

A shrine is stronger than a tower to save, A shield that none may cleave. Step swift thereto, And i… read more

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  • classics
  • ancient
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1) by Aeschylus, Patricia E. Easterling, John Harrison, Judith Affleck, None

16. Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

By: Aeschylus , Patricia E. Easterling , John Harrison , Judith Affleck , None

3.83

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this se… read more

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  • plays
  • ancient
  • classics
  • fiction
"Every medicine is vain."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"A curse burns bright on crime."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"There is no avoidance in delay."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"In war, the first casualty is truth."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

17. Alcestis

By: William Arrowsmith , Euripides

3.84

Format: 467 pages, Paperback

"The Alcestis would hardly confirm its author's right to be acclaimed 'the most tragic of the poets… read more

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18. Iphigenia in Aulis

By: Euripides , Nicholas Rudall

3.84

Format: 467 pages, Paperback

Agamemnon's sacrifice of his daughter in order to ensure the good fortune of his forces in the Troj… read more

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19. Cyclops

By: Euripides , David Konstan , Heather McHugh

3.80

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create th… read more

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20. Andromache

By: Euripides , Marianne McDonald , F. Michael Walton , None

3.28

Format: 5 pages, Paperback

Andromache takes place in the aftermath of the Trojan War. Andromache has become a concubine to Ach… read more

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21. The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions)

By: Aeschylus

3.73

Format: 41 pages, Paperback

Third play of a trilogy (the other two are lost) about the doomed family of Laius and Oedipus and h… read more

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  • classics
  • ancient
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best."

-Aeschylus, The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions)

"Obedience is mother to success and is wedded to safety."

-Aeschylus, The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions)

"But you cannot speak of any glory for happenings that are at once evil and held in dishonor."

-Aeschylus, The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions)

"Commander against commander, brother against brother, enemy against enemy, I will take my stand. Quick, bring my greaves to protect against spears and stones!"

-Aeschylus, The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions)

17 must-read fiction books like The Acharnians by Aristophanes, Maria de Fátima Sousa e Silva, Richard Thomas Elliott

Transform Your Habits

Hippolytos

Euripides , Robert Bagg

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Women of Trachis

C.K. Williams , Sophocles , Gregory W. Dickerson

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Helen

Euripides , Colin Leach

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Electra

Euripides , Janet Lempke

2.86

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17 must-read fiction books like Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2) by Sophocles, Eamon Grennan, Rachel Kitzinger

Transform Your Habits

Hippolytos

Euripides , Robert Bagg

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Herakles

Euripides , Christian Wolff , Thomas Sleigh

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Ion

Euripides

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Electra

Euripides , Janet Lempke

2.86

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