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…
Want to Read $ 21.70"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
"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 brave man holds fast to confidence and hope."-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 brave man holds fast to confidence and hope."-Euripides, Herakles
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1. Herakles
By: Euripides , Christian Wolff , Thomas Sleigh
3.88
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
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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
2. 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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3. The Ecclesiazusae (or Women in Council) ()
By: Aristophanes
3.67
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Ecclesiazusae, probably produced in 391 BC, is at once a typically Aristophanic fantasy of gender i… read more
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4. 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)
5. Philoctetes
By: Sophocles
3.89
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
Philoctetes is a play written by Sophocles, an ancient Greek playwright, that tells the story of Ph… read more
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6. Atlantis: The Antediluvian World
By: Ignatius L. Donnelly
3.65
Format: 490 pages, Paperback
The great classic of Atlantis, this book more than any other established the existence of this lost… read more
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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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"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. 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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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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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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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. The Knights
By: Aristophanes , William-Alan Landes , None , John H Frere
3.56
Format: None pages, Paperback
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14. Prometheus Bound
By: Aeschylus , None , James Scully , C. John Herington
3.13
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Featuring an insightful introduction, comprehensive commentary on plot, characters, structure, and … read more
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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. 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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17. 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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18. 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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19. 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)
20. The Ballad of Mulan (English and Chinese Edition)
By: Song Nan Zhang
4.02
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
According to legend, there was a young woman named Mulan whose aged and frail father was conscripte… read more
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21. 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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