Phormio: A Comedy by Terence
By: Terence
2.89
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Latin comedy of the Second Century B.C.E. "Photographical reproduction of the Phormio of the Code…
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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. 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?
3. Herakles
By: Euripides , Christian Wolff , Thomas Sleigh
3.88
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
In Herakles, Euripides reveals with great subtlety and complexity the often brutal underpinnings of… read more
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"Even catastrophes grow weary, No wind can keep blasting all the time. And great happiness in the end falters. Yes, all is change."-Euripides, Herakles
"... Misfortunes in the end Grow tired of plaguing; storms in time blow themselves out. So luck will change from man to man; and everything Yields place to something else. Despair is cowardly; The bra…"-Euripides, Herakles
4. The Castle of Otranto
By: Horace Walpole
3.18
Format: 125 pages, Paperback
First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an I… read more
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"My soul abhors a falsehood"-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"This life is but a pilgrimage."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
5. Jude the Obscure
By: Thomas Hardy
3.83
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
Jude Fawley's hopes of a university education are lost when he is trapped into marrying the earthy … read more
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- classics
"Always wanting another man than your own."-Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
"But no one came. Because no one ever does."-Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
"Love has its own dark morality when rivalry enters in."-Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
"We ought to have lived in mental communion, and no more."-Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
6. The Odes of Horace
By: Horatius , David Ferry
4.06
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
The poet-translator whose acclaimed version of Gilgamesh was a finalist for the National Book Criti… read more
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- roman
- classics
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"Carpe diem." (Odes: I.11)"-Horatius, The Odes of Horace
"We are but dust and shadow."-Horatius, The Odes of Horace
"Pulvis et umbra sumus. ( We are but dust and shadow. )"-Horatius, The Odes of Horace
"Pale death kicks with impartial foot at the hovels of the poor and the towers of kings."-Horatius, The Odes of Horace
7. Tartuffe
By: Martin Sorrell , Molière , Curtis Hidden Page
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Condemned and banned for five years in Moliere's day, Tartuffe is a satire on religious hypocrisy. … read more
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- plays
- classics
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8. Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
By: Sophocles , J.E. Thomas , Elizabeth Osborne
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
"...what man wins more happiness than just its shape and the ruin when that shape collapses?" Sopho… read more
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9. 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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- 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
10. Asinaria: The One about the Asses
By: Plautus , John Henderson
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
'Asinaria' reveals the play as a key to Roman social relations centered on many kinds of slavery: t… read more
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- plays
- drama
11. The Pot of Gold and Other Plays
By: Plautus , E.F. Watling
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Plautus's broad humor, reflecting Roman manners and contemporary life, is revealed in these five pl… read more
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- roman
- classics
- plays
- drama
12. Frogs
By: Aristophanes , Arthur Sidgwick
3.58
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
The Frogs (Ancient Greek: Batrakhoi, Batrachoi) is a comedy written by the Greek playwright Aristop… read more
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- plays
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13. Don Juan
By: Molière , Richard Wilbur
3.56
Format: 146 pages, Paperback
Molière's classic tale of the Seducer of Seville, an uproariously funny story flawlessly translated… read more
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- classics
- school
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"[...] il n'est rien de si doux que de triompher de la résistance d'une belle personne."-Molière, Don Juan
"[..] l'hypocrisie est un vice à la mode, et tous les vices à la mode passent pour vertus."-Molière, Don Juan
"Bah!, non andiamo a pensare a quel che può capitarci e pensiamo soltanto a quel che può darci piacere."-Molière, Don Juan
14. The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
By: Epictetus , Sharon Lebell
3.37
Format: None pages,
Epictetus was born into slavery about 55 C.E. in the eastern outreaches of the Roman Empire. Sold a… read more
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15. Phaedrus
By: Plato , Paul Woodruff , Alexander Nehamas , Albert A. Anderson
3.50
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
Trajectory presents classics of world literature with 21st century features! Our original-text edit… read more
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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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"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. Clouds
By: Aristophanes , None
3.37
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
This new paperback edition of Aristophanes' popular play includes the complete Greek text and exten… read more
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18. 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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19. Euthyphro
By: Plato , Chris Emlyn-Jones
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
Awaiting his trial on charges of impiety and heresy, Socrates encounters Euthyphro, a self-proclaim… read more
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20. 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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21. 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
22. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
By: Edwin A. Abbott , Banesh Hoffmann
3.89
Format: None pages, Paperback
This masterpiece of science (and mathematical) fiction is a delightfully unique and highly entertai… read more
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23. Birds
By: Aristophanes , None
2.56
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
Birds is generally recognized as one of Aristophanes' masterpieces, for its imaginative plot (it is… read more
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24. Eugene Onegin
By: Alexander Pushkin , James E. Falen
4.10
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their lite… read more
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- school
"He's happy now, he's almost sane."-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin
"Habit is heaven's gift to us: a substitute for happiness."-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin
"My whole life has been pledged to this meeting with you..."-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin
"I'm only writing this to show That I stopped sinning long ago."-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin
25. 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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26. Apology
By: Plato , James J. Helm
4.20
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
The Apology of Socrates is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he unsuccessfully def… read more
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"Kötülük ölümden daha hızlı koşar."-Plato, Apology
"Loin de parler quand on me paie, et de me taire quand on me donne rien."-Plato, Apology
"As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy."-Plato, Apology
"Athenian men, I respect and love you, but I shall obey the god rather than you..."-Plato, Apology
27. Plutus
By: Aristophanes
3.60
Format: 84 pages, Paperback
The story of 'Plutus' concerns Chremylus, a poor but just man, who accompanied by his body-servant … read more
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"My country's where my comfort's best secured."-Aristophanes, Plutus
"Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for jus…"-Aristophanes, Plutus
28. Amphitryon
By: Plautus
3.50
Format: 52 pages, Paperback
Translation by Sir Robert Allison. The legendary birth of the demigod Hercules treated as riotous, … read more
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29. Phormio: A Comedy by Terence
By: Terence
2.89
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Latin comedy of the Second Century B.C.E. "Photographical reproduction of the Phormio of the Code… read more
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- roman
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30. Le Mariage Forcé
By: Molière
3.52
Format: 72 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Le Mariage forcé est une comédie-ballet en un acte et en prose. read more
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- plays
31. 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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- school
"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
