The Epic of Atrahasis
By: Anonymous
3.75
Format: None pages, None
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1. Women of Trachis
By: C.K. Williams , Sophocles , Gregory W. Dickerson
3.84
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Mutability; uncertainty; a universe of precipitous these themes are at the heart of Sophocles' tra… read more
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- poetry
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- ancient
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2. 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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- poetry
- 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
3. 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)
4. The Shield of Heracles
By: Hesiod
3.63
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
Hesiod's classic work. read more
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- poetry
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5. Orestes
By: Euripides , John Peck , Frank Nisetich
4.03
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the… read more
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- poetry
- classics
- mythology
6. The Eclogues
By: Virgil , Guy Lee
3.79
Format: None pages, Paperback
Haunting and enigmatic, Virgil's Eclogues combined a Greek literary form with scenes from contempor… read more
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- literature
- poetry
- ancient
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7. 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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- poetry
- classics
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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)
8. Electra
By: Sophocles , J. Michael Walton , None
4.33
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The Drama Classic edition of Sophocles' version of the Electra myth. read more
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9. The Code of Hammurabi
By: Hammurabi , মোঃ নূরুজ্জামান খান
3.38
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Code of Hammurabi is a well-preserved Babylonian law code, dating back to about 1772 BCE. It is… read more
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- ancient
- classics
- history
10. Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)
By: Sophocles , Eamon Grennan , Rachel Kitzinger
3.53
Format: 39 pages, Paperback
The latest title to join the acclaimed Greek Tragedy in New Translations series, Sophocles' Oedipus… read more
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- mythology
11. 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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- classics
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12. The Suppliants
By: Aeschylus
3.41
Format: 52 pages, Paperback
A shrine is stronger than a tower to save, A shield that none may cleave. Step swift thereto, And i… read more
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13. Hesiod: The Works and Days/Theogony/The Shield of Herakles
By: Hesiod , Richmond Lattimore
4.47
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Three epic poems by Hesiod, the 'other' great epic poet of ancient Greece (along with Homer, his ne… read more
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- poetry
- classics
- mythology
14. 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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- poetry
- classics
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- ancient
- mythology
"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)
15. Prometheus Bound and Other Plays
By: Aeschylus , Philip Vellacott
4.14
Format: 222 pages, Paperback
The first of the great Greek Tragedians, Aeschylus wrote a large number of plays, of which seven su… read more
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16. Leonardo da Vinci
By: Walter Isaacson
3.72
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
A #1 New York Timesbestseller "A powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life...a study in creat… read more
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17. Theogony
By: Hesiod , None , None
5.00
Format: None pages, paper
This translation contains an introduction, commentary and interpretive essay and well as numerous n… read more
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18. The Nicomachean Ethics
By: Aristotle , Jonathan Barnes , None , Hugh Tredennick
3.99
Format: 329 pages, Paperback
‘One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brie… read more
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- ancient
- classics
- history
"Philosophy can make people sick."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"A man without regrets cannot be cured."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"The beginning seems to be more than half of the whole."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
19. Enuma Elish: The Seven Tablets of the History of Creation
By: Unknown , None
3.51
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Enuma Elish is one of the most important sources which provides an understanding of the Babylon… read more
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20. 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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21. A Good Man Is Hard To Find
By: Flannery O'Connor , Frederick Asals
3.96
Format: 433 pages, Paperback
A Good Man Is Hard to Findis Flannery O'Connor's most famous and most discussed story. O'Connor her… read more
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22. The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions)
By: Aeschylus
3.73
Format: 41 pages, Paperback
Third play of a trilogy (the other two are lost) about the doomed family of Laius and Oedipus and h… read more
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"His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best."-Aeschylus, The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions)
"Obedience is mother to success and is wedded to safety."-Aeschylus, The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions)
"But you cannot speak of any glory for happenings that are at once evil and held in dishonor."-Aeschylus, The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions)
"Commander against commander, brother against brother, enemy against enemy, I will take my stand. Quick, bring my greaves to protect against spears and stones!"-Aeschylus, The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions)
23. Works and Days (Academic Monograph Reprint)
By: Hesiod , None
3.60
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Hesiod was an early Greek poet and rhapsode, who presumably lived around 700 BC. His writings serve… read more
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24. 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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"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
25. 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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26. Literary Theory: An Introduction
By: Terry Eagleton
4.00
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
Written in 1982, this work appeared, as Professor Eagleton explains, at the watershed of two very d… read more
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27. The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 1
By: Kazuo Umezz
4.03
Format: 744 pages, Hardcover
A definitive edition featuring an all-new translation and deluxe hardcover design that reestablishe… read more
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28. 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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- literature
- poetry
- classics
- mythology
"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
29. Enuma Elish: The Babylonian Creation Epic
By: Timothy J. Stephany
3.90
Format: 121 pages, Kindle Edition
When the two primeval waters, the salt and fresh water, entered into marriage, and brought into bei… read more
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- history
- religion
- epic
- mythology
30. The Epic of Atrahasis
By: Anonymous
3.75
Format: None pages, None
The Epic of Atrahasis is the fullest Mesopotamian account of the Great Flood, but it offers more. … read more
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31. Instructions of Shuruppak: The First Book of Men
By: Abu Salabikh
3.22
Format: None pages, Paperback
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