The Greek Plays: Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripedes
By: Aeschylus
4.40
Format: 864 pages, Hardcover
A landmark anthology of the masterpieces of Greek drama, featuring all-new, highly accessible trans…
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1. The Histories
By: Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola
4.01
Format: 716 pages, Paperback
David Grene, one of the best known translators of the Greek classics, splendidly captures the pecul… read more
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"Hippocleides doesn't care."-Herodotus, The Histories
"So much, then, for the fish."-Herodotus, The Histories
"La muerte es para el hombre el más deseado refugio."-Herodotus, The Histories
"Muchos hombres opulentos son desdichados, y muchos que tienen hacienda moderada son dichosos."-Herodotus, The Histories
2. Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo
By: Plato , G.M.A. Grube , John M. Cooper
4.16
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
The second edition of Five Dialogues presents G. M. A. Grube's distinguished translations, as revis… read more
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"So, Euthyphro, piety then, should be regarded as a reciprocal exchange between Gods and humans."-Plato, Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo
"The very good and the very wicked are both quite rare, and that most men are between those extremes."-Plato, Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo
"I am on the brink of death, while you will carry on living. The judgment of which is truly better rests only within the knowledge of God."-Plato, Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo
"We should not allow into our minds the conviction that argumentation has nothing sound about it; much rather we should believe that it is we who are not yet sound and that we must take courage and be…"-Plato, Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo
3. 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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4. 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
5. 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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6. Mystery Cults of the Ancient World
By: Hugh Bowden
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
This is the first book to describe and explain all of the ancient world's major mystery cults--one … read more
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7. Jason and the Golden Fleece
By: Apollonius of Rhodes , Richard L. Hunter
3.92
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Argonauticais the dramatic story of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece and his relations with … read more
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8. Red Doc>
By: Anne Carson
3.00
Format: 1118 pages, Hardcover
Some years ago I wrote a book about a boy named Geryon who was red and had wings and fell in love w… read more
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9. 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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10. 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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11. Theogony/Works and Days
By: Hesiod , None
4.30
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Hesiod, one of the oldest known Greek poets, stands out as the first personality in European litera… read more
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12. Metamorphoses
By: Ovid , David Raeburn , Denis Feeney
3.99
Format: 240 pages,
Metamorphoses (from Greek meta meta and morphe morphe, meaning "changes of shape"), is a Latin narr… read more
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13. History of the Peloponnesian War
By: Thucydides , Moses I. Finley , Rex Warner
3.94
Format: 648 pages, Paperback
Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the lo… read more
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"Friendship or enmity is everywhere an affair of time and circumstance"-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
14. 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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15. Medea
By: Euripides , Rex Warner
3.42
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
One of the most powerful and enduring of Greek tragedies, Medeacenters on the myth of Jason, leader… read more
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16. 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
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17. Measure for Measure
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine
4.38
Format: 83 pages, Paperback
Measure for Measureis among the most passionately discussed of Shakespeare's plays. In it, a duke t… read more
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18. 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
19. The World: A Family History of Humanity
By: Simon Sebag Montefiore
4.00
Format: 1344 pages, Hardcover
From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from pre… read more
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20. The Greek Plays: Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripedes
By: Aeschylus
4.40
Format: 864 pages, Hardcover
A landmark anthology of the masterpieces of Greek drama, featuring all-new, highly accessible trans… read more
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21. The Aeneid
By: Virgil
3.87
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
The founding epic of Rome, rendered in a fluid, metrical translation that sings Virgil’s stately ve… read more
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"Death's brother, sleep."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"No help or hope of help existed."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"Non ignora mali, miseris succurrere disco."-Virgil, The Aeneid
