Crete and Pre-Hellenic: Myths and Legends
By: Donald A. Mackenzie
3.49
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Donald A. MacKenzie (1873-1936) was a Scottish journalist and prolific writer on religion, mytholog…
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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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"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
2. Medea (Masters of Latin Literature)
By: Seneca , Frederick Ahl
4.04
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Ahl's translations of three Senecan tragedies will gratify and challenge readers and performers. Wi… read more
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"I will storm the gods, and shake the universe."-Seneca, Medea (Masters of Latin Literature)
" Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)"-Seneca, Medea (Masters of Latin Literature)
3. Oedipus
By: Seneca , Ted Hughes
3.74
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
Ted hughes (1930-1998) was born in yorkshire his first book, the hawk in the rain, was published in… read more
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4. Les Chants de Maldoror
By: Comte de Lautréamont , Guy Wernham
4.15
Format: 342 pages, Paperback
The macabre but beautiful work Les Chants de Maldoror has achieved a considerable reputation as one… read more
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"...the police, that shield of civilization..."-Comte de Lautréamont, Les Chants de Maldoror
"I received life like a wound and I have forbidden suicide to heal the scar."-Comte de Lautréamont, Les Chants de Maldoror
"Qui donc, sur la tête, me donne des coups de barre de fer, comme un marteau frappant l'enclume?"-Comte de Lautréamont, Les Chants de Maldoror
"I will state in a few lines that Maldoror was good during his first year, when he lived happily; that is a fact. Then he realised he was born malicious: an extraordinary fate! ... Who would have thou…"-Comte de Lautréamont, Les Chants de Maldoror
5. 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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6. The Poetic Edda
By: Anonymous , Lee M. Hollander
4.26
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
The Poetic Eddacomprises a treasure trove of mythic and spiritual verse holding an important place … read more
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- religion
- history
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7. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
By: Mary Beard
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
New York TimesBestseller * National Book Critics Circle Finalist * Wall Street JournalBest Books of… read more
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8. 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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"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
9. Hebrew Myths: The Book of Genesis
By: Robert Graves , Raphael Patai
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
This exploration of Hebrew myths & the book of Genesis resulted from a collaboration between a scho… read more
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10. 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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"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)
11. Phaedra
By: Seneca
4.31
Format: 110 pages, Paperback
Ahl's translations of three Senecan tragedies will gratify and challenge readers and performers. Wi… read more
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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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13. Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore
By: Bettany Hughes
3.87
Format: 160 pages,
An erudite, lively search for the real Helen of Troy--a chronicle combining historical inquiry & st… read more
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- ancient history
- history
- mythology
14. The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.25
Format: 387 pages, Paperback
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestio… read more
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"... “Dangerous!"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
"Freedom is never very safe."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
"Who do you think is lying to us?"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
"Where does your soul go when you die in Hell?"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
15. The Greek Myths
By: Robert Graves
4.57
Format: 270 pages,
Combines in a single volume the complete text of the definitive two-volume classic, citing all the … read more
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16. An Asian Minor: The True Story of Ganymede
By: Felice Picano
4.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
An Asian Minor is unlike any book that you are likely to read this year. The story of a thirteen-ye… read more
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18. The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.37
Format: 414 pages,
Incantations of black magic unearthed unspeakable horrors in Providence, Rhode Island. Evil spirits… read more
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19. Homeric Hymns
By: Homer , Jules Cashford , None
4.44
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Composed for recitation at festivals, these 33 songs were written in honour of the gods and goddess… read more
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20. Poems and Fragments
By: Sappho , Stanley Lombardo , Pamela Gordon
3.98
Format: None pages, Paperback
Little remains today of the writings of the archaic Greek poet Sappho (fl. late 7th and early 6th c… read more
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21. The Odyssey
By: Homer , Robert Fagles , Bernard Knox , E.V. Rieu , None
3.53
Format: 349 pages, Paperback
Literature's grandest evocation of life's journey, at once an ageless human story and an individual… read more
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22. The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex/Oedipus at Colonus/Antigone (The Theban Plays, #1–3)
By: Sophocles , Robert Fitzgerald , Dudley Fitts , None
5.00
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
(1939 translation) read more
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23. The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
By: Steve Brusatte
4.38
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
In his acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, American paleontologist Steve Brusa… read more
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24. The Iliad
By: Homer
3.91
Format: 848 pages, Hardcover
One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkes… read more
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"I say no wealth is worth my life."-Homer, The Iliad
"These were the colloquies in heaven."-Homer, The Iliad
"The sort of words a man says is the sort he hears in return."-Homer, The Iliad
"Antilochus! You're the most appalling driver in the world! Go to hell!"-Homer, The Iliad
25. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
By: David Graeber
4.20
Format: 692 pages, Hardcover
A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions abo… read more
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- archaeology
"Humans - from this other perspective, which is just as extreme in its own way - are at best an arbitrary constellation of cultural elements, perhaps assembled according to some prevailing spirit, cod…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"One might ask, how could that most basic element of all human freedoms, the freedom to make promises and commitments and thus build relationships, be turned into its very opposite: into peonage, serf…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"There is an obvious objection to evolutionary models which assume that our strongest social ties are based on close biological kinship: many humans just don’t like their families very much. And this …"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"In the Middle Ages, most people in other parts of the world who actually knew anything about northern Europe at all considered it an obscure and uninviting backwater full of religious fanatics who, a…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
26. Achilleid
By: Publius Papinius Statius
3.88
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
"One of the most entertaining short narratives of all time, the Achilleid is a stand-alone work of … read more
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27. The Cypria: Reconstructing the Lost Prequel to Homer's Iliad (Reconstructing the Lost Epics of the Trojan War Book 1)
By: D.M. Smith
4.05
Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition
In Classical times, the story of the Trojan War was told in a series of eight epic poems known as t… read more
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- mythology
28. Crete and Pre-Hellenic: Myths and Legends
By: Donald A. Mackenzie
3.49
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Donald A. MacKenzie (1873-1936) was a Scottish journalist and prolific writer on religion, mytholog… read more
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- greece
