The Greek Epic Cycle (Bristol Classical Paperbacks)
By: Malcolm Davies
3.65
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
In the wake of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, poets of the seventh and sixth centuries BC composed epic…
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1. 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
- mythology
"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
2. 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)
3. 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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- poetry
- classics
- mythology
"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
4. Don Quixote
By: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra , Roberto González Echevarría , John Rutherford
3.66
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading chivalric romances, that he determines to become a k… read more
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- classics
5. The Library of Greek Mythology
By: None , Robin Hard
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The only work of its kind to survive from classical antiquity, the Library of Apollodorusis a uniqu… read more
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6. The Fall of the House of Usher
By: Edgar Allan Poe
3.87
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
Take the plunge. Dive into this classic from the singular mind of Edgar Allan Poe, who is widely re… read more
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- classics
"[Son] cœur est un luth suspendu; Sitôt qu'on le touche il résonne. — De Béranger "-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
"A cadaverousness of complexion; an eye large, liquid and very luminous...finely molded chin, speaking, in its want of prominence, of a want of moral energy."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
"It was, perhaps, the narrow limits to which he thus confined himself upon the guitar, which gave birth, in great measure, to the fantastic character of his performances."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
"Er is geen twijfel mogelijk dat mijn bewustzijn van de snelle groei van mijn bijgeloof (want waarom zou ik het niet zo noemen?) de groei alleen maar scheen te versnellen. Dat is, zoals ik al lange ti…"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
7. 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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8. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
By: Susanna Clarke
1.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Sophisticated, witty, and ingeniously convincing, Susanna Clarke's magisterial novel weaves magic i… read more
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9. The Cask of Amontillado
By: Edgar Allan Poe
4.08
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque ..") is a short story written by Edgar All… read more
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- classics
"For the love of God, Montresor!"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
"He did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
10. 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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- nonfiction
- classics
- history
"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
11. Othello
By: William Shakespeare
4.48
Format: None pages,
In Othello, Shakespeare creates a powerful drama of a marriage that begins with fascination (betwee… read more
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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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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15. Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)
By: Hannah Kaner
3.90
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Kissen’s family were killed by zealots of a fire god. Now, she makes a living killing gods, and enj… read more
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- mythology
"But gods love martyrs."-Hannah Kaner, Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)
"Gods love martyrs. - Kissen"-Hannah Kaner, Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)
"Kissen decided to be more proud than afraid."-Hannah Kaner, Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)
"I want you to do this with me, not for me. - Arren"-Hannah Kaner, Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)
16. 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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- 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
17. The Thebaid: Seven Against Thebes
By: Publius Papinius Statius
3.92
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
A classical epic of fratricide and war, the Thebaid retells the legendary conflict between the sons… read more
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- poetry
- classics
- mythology
18. 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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- classics
- mythology
19. 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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- nonfiction
- classics
- history
- mythology
20. The Telegony: Rediscovering the Lost Epilogue to Homer's Odyssey (Reconstructing the Lost Epics of the Trojan War Book 2)
By: D.M. Smith
3.83
Format: 99 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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- classics
- nonfiction
- mythology
21. The Greek Epic Cycle (Bristol Classical Paperbacks)
By: Malcolm Davies
3.65
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
In the wake of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, poets of the seventh and sixth centuries BC composed epic… read more
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- history
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