8 must-read history books like The Constitution of the Lacedaemonians by Xenophon

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The Constitution of the Lacedaemonians

By: Xenophon

4.09

Format: 125 pages, Hardcover

s/t: A New Critical Edition with a Facing Page English Translation This work is a new critical tex…

If you liked the history plot in The Constitution of the Lacedaemonians by Xenophon , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

By: Edward Albee

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

"Twelve times a week," answered Uta Hagen when asked how often she'd like to play Martha in Who's A… read more

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"Honey: I know these people ..."

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

"You want to dance with me, angel tits?"

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

"Musical beds is the faculty sport around here."

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

"George: Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? Martha: I am, George. I am."

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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2. A Streetcar Named Desire

By: Tennessee Williams

3.98

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

The Pulitzer Prize and Drama Critics Circle Award winning play—reissued with an introduction by Art… read more

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"Never inside, I didn't lie in my heart..."

-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

"And funerals are pretty compared to deaths."

-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

"I think you have a great capacity for devotion,"

-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

"I want to rest. I want to breathe quietly again."

-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

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3. Lysistrata

By: Aristophanes , Sarah Ruden

3.87

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

Aristophanes' comic masterpiece of war and sex remains one of the greatest plays ever written. Led … read more

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"Sənət çörək arxasınca qaçarsa, alçalar"

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Lysistrata: To seize the treasury; no more money, no more war."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Queste donne micidiali, non si può vivere nè con loro nè senza di loro."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Chorus of old men: How true the saying: 'Tis impossible to live with the baggages, impossible to live without 'em."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

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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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5. 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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  • history
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6. 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

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7. Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World

By: Tim Whitmarsh

4.50

Format: 231 pages, ebook

How new is atheism? Although adherents and opponents alike today present it as an invention of the … read more

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  • history
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8. The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

By: Robert Fagles , Aeschylus , William Bedell Stanford

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Alternate covers of this ISBN here, here, here, here. Most recent cover is here. In the Oresteia… read more

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  • greece
"I cannot not grieve."

-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

"Learning comes through pain."

-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

"Do I not live? Badly, I know, but I live."

-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

"Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know Except pain"

-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

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9. 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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"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)

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10. The Lottery

By: Shirley Jackson

4.05

Format: 30 pages, Paperback

In a small American town, the local residents are abuzz with excitement and nervousness when they w… read more

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"It's not the way it used to be... people ain't the way they used to be."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

"It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

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11. The Athenian Constitution

By: Aristotle , P.J. Rhodes

4.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

Probably written by a student of Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution is both a history and an anal… read more

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  • politics
  • history
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12. 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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  • greece
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13. Mother Courage and Her Children

By: David Hare , Bertolt Brecht

3.78

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Widely considered one of the great dramatic creations of the modern stage, "Mother Courage and Her … read more

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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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  • politics
"... “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

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15. 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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"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)

16. Five Weeks in a Balloon (Extraordinary Voyages, #1)

By: Jules Verne

0.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

There was a large audience assembled on the 14th of January, 1862, at the session of the Royal Geog… read more

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17. The Social Contract

By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau , Maurice Cranston

3.78

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

"Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains." These are the famous opening words of a trea… read more

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  • politics
  • history
"The truth brings no man a fortune"

-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract

"L'homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers."

-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract

"Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered." (Bk2:8)"

-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract

"Renunciar a la libertad es renunciar a la condición de hombre."

-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract

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18. The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

By: Yukio Mishima , John Nathan

3.85

Format: 181 pages, Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780679750154 The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the… read more

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"إن الخطر، هو الحياة"

-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

"To Ryuji the smile seemed as brittle as fine glass crystal and very dangerous"

-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

"The only people in this world I really trust are my fans - even if they do forget you so fast."

-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

"حتى وإن أبحرت سنوات عديدة، لن تعتاد يوماً على العواصف، وفي كل مرة تتساءل إن كنت ستودع الحياة"."

-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

19. Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)

By: Sophocles , J.E. Thomas

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

The curse placed on Oedipus lingers and haunts a younger generation in this new and brilliant trans… read more

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20. The Day Before the Revolution

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

3.50

Format: 262 pages, ebook

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21. 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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22. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption: A Story from Different Seasons

By: Stephen King

4.21

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

A man convicted of murder lives in a prison brutally ruled by a sadistic warden and secretly run by… read more

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23. The Symposium

By: Plato , Christopher Gill

4.09

Format: 90 pages, Paperback

A fascinating discussion on sex, gender, and human instincts, as relevant today as ever. In the … read more

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  • history
  • greece
"The truth about eros is terrifying."

-Plato, The Symposium

"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet"

-Plato, The Symposium

"Ali,srecnice moj,mozda sam ja nista,a ti to ne primecujes."

-Plato, The Symposium

"καὶ οὗτος ἄρα καὶ ἄλλος πᾶς ὁ ἐπιθυμῶν τοῦ μὴ ἐτοίμου ἐπιθυμεῖ"

-Plato, The Symposium

24. 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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25. The Republic

By: Plato , Desmond Lee

3.96

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classi… read more

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  • politics
  • history
"Appearance tyrannizes over truth."

-Plato, The Republic

"The comprehensive mind is always dialectical."

-Plato, The Republic

"Those who don't know must learn from those who do."

-Plato, The Republic

"Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance"

-Plato, The Republic

26. Breakfast at Tiffany's

By: Truman Capote

3.83

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

In this seductive, wistful masterpiece, Truman Capote created a woman whose name has entered the Am… read more

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27. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017

By: Rashid Khalidi

4.50

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more

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  • politics
  • history
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28. Life for Sale

By: Yukio Mishima

3.72

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

'Life for sale. Use me as you wish. I am a twenty-seven-year-old male. Discretion guaranteed. Will … read more

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"It's only the desire to live as long as possible that makes everything seem complicated and mysterious."

-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale

"Když si rozsvítíš v malém pokoji modrou lampu, taky ti všechno zmodrá, ale tím se z toho pokoje ještě moře nestane."

-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale

"A dead body reminds me a bit of a bottle of whisky. If you drop the bottle and it cracks, what’s inside pours out. It’s only natural."

-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale

"To say human life had no meaning was the easy part. But Hanio was struck all over again by the huge amount of energy required to live a life filled with so much meaninglessness."

-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale

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29. The Constitution of the Lacedaemonians

By: Xenophon

4.09

Format: 125 pages, Hardcover

s/t: A New Critical Edition with a Facing Page English Translation This work is a new critical tex… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • greece

6 must-read politics books like The Constitution of the Lacedaemonians by Xenophon

Transform Your Habits

The Athenian Constitution

Aristotle , P.J. Rhodes

4.80

Transform Your Habits

The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

Ursula K. Le Guin

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The Social Contract

Jean-Jacques Rousseau , Maurice Cranston

3.78

Transform Your Habits

The Republic

Plato , Desmond Lee

3.96

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11 best-selling fiction books like The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides by Robert Fagles, Aeschylus, William Bedell Stanford

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Hippolytos

Euripides , Robert Bagg

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Electra

Euripides , Janet Lempke

2.86

Transform Your Habits

Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)

Sophocles , J.E. Thomas , Elizabeth Osborne

4.00

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The Bacchae

Euripides , Kenneth McLeish , None

3.92

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