The Phoenician Women
By: Euripides , Brian Swann
4.06
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
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1. Medea (Masters of Latin Literature)
By: Seneca , Frederick Ahl
4.04
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Ahl's translations of three Senecan tragedies will gratify and challenge readers and performers. Wi… read more
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"I will storm the gods, and shake the universe."-Seneca, Medea (Masters of Latin Literature)
" Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)"-Seneca, Medea (Masters of Latin Literature)
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. 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
5. Peace
By: Aristophanes , S. Douglas Olson
3.51
Format: 404 pages, hardback
Aristophanes' Peace was performed at the City Dionysia in Athens in 421 B.C. as a decade-long war w… read more
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"If it is necessary for us to do anything [in view of peace], direct us and architect. πρὸς τάδ’ ἡμῖν, εἴ τι χρὴ δρᾶν, φράζε κἀρχιτεκτόνει."-Aristophanes, Peace
6. 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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7. The Acharnians
By: Aristophanes , Maria de Fátima Sousa e Silva , None , Richard Thomas Elliott
4.10
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
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8. 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)
9. 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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10. 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)
11. 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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12. The Complete World of Greek Mythology
By: Richard Buxton
4.20
Format: 228 pages, Hardcover
Greek myths are among the most complex and influential stories ever told. From the first millennium… read more
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13. 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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14. 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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15. 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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16. 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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17. The Knights
By: Aristophanes , William-Alan Landes , None , John H Frere
3.56
Format: None pages, Paperback
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18. The Phoenician Women
By: Euripides , Brian Swann
4.06
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
Peter Burian and Brian Swann recreate Euripides' The Phoenician Women which explores, with all its … read more
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19. Wasps
By: Aristophanes , Douglas M. MacDowell
4.13
Format: None pages, Paperback
Wasps was first performed at the festival of the Lenaia early in 422 B.C. It is arguably one of Ari… read more
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20. 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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21. 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)
22. 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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23. 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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24. 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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25. 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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26. The Birds and Other Plays
By: Aristophanes , Alan H. Sommerstein , David B. Barrett
3.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
Offering a window into the world of ordinary Athenians, Aristophanes' The Birds and Other Plays is … read more
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27. Ivanov
By: Anton Chekhov , None , None
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
The first of Chekhov's full-length dramas, Ivanov treads a fine line between broad comedy and tragi… read more
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28. Thesmophoriazusae
By: Aristophanes , S. Douglas Olson
3.93
Format: 152 pages, hardback
Thesmophoriazusae was performed in Athens in 411 BCE, most likely at the City Dionysia, and is amon… read more
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29. 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)
30. 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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31. 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
