Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us
By: Simon Critchley
3.85
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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3.92
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"Cleverness is not wisdom."-Euripides, The Bacchae
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4.01
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
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"I cannot not grieve."-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
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3.88
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4.11
Format: 559 pages, Paperback
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3.20
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4.14
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4.57
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4.08
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3.00
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3.42
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4.34
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20. Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us
By: Simon Critchley
3.85
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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