The Odyssey: A Dramatic Retelling of Homer's Epic An Independent Study Guide to Reading Greek (Reading Greek)
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Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
by Seamus Heaney

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Don Quixote
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Edith Grossman's definitive English translation of the Spanish masterpiece. Widely regarded as one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, Don Quixote chronicles the adventures of the self-created knight-errant Don Quixote of La Mancha and... (read more)
 
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The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories
by Robert B Strassler

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From the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides, a new Landmark Edition of The Histories by Herodotus, the greatest classical work of history ever written. Herodotus was a Greek historian living in Ionia during the fifth century BCE. He... (read more)
 
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Wheelocks Latin 6TH Edition
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When Professor Frederic M. Wheelock's Latin first appeared in 1956, the reviews extolled its thoroughness, organization, and conciseness; at least on reviewer predicted that the book "might well become the standard text" for introducing students to... (read more)
 
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Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri Volume 2
by Dante Alighieri

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The second volume of Oxford's new Divine Comedy presents the Italian text of the Purgatorio and, on facing pages, a new prose translation. Continuing the story of the poet's journey through the medieval Other World under the guidance of the Roman poet... (read more)
 
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Histories ((Rev)03 Edition)
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Histories of Gargantua & Pantagruel
by Rabelais/cohen

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This text parodies everyone from eminent classical authors and schoolmen to Rabelais's own acquaintances. But the brilliance of the book lies not merely in these learned references, but in the story into which they are woven.... (read more)
 
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A Thousand and One Nights

Sindbad: And Other Stories from the Arabian Nights
by Husain Haddawy

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Now as sumptuously packaged as it is critically acclaimed—a new deluxe trade paperback edition of the beloved stories. Readers Husain Haddawy's rapturously received translation of The Arabian Nights will also want to own Sindbad, a collection of... (read more)
 
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Reference

Classics : a Very Short Introduction (95 Edition)
by Mary Beard

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We are all classicists--we come into touch with the classics on a daily basis: in our culture, politics, medicine, architecture, language, and literature. What are the true roots of these influences, however, and how do our interpretations of these... (read more)
 
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  4. The Aeneid (Vintage Classics) by Virgil And Fitzgerald
  5. The Gift by Hafiz And Ladinsky
  6. The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories by Robert B Strassler
  7. Wheelocks Latin 6TH Edition by Frederic M Wheelock
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The Odyssey The Odyssey
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Cassell's Concise Latin and English Dictionary Cassell's Concise Latin and English Dictionary
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The Annals of Imperial Rome (Penguin Classics)
by Tacitus And Grant

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"The Annals of Imperial Rome" recount the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus to the death of Nero in AD 68. Michael Grant's introduction discusses the life and works of Tacitus and the historical context of the... (read more)
 
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Only Companion: Japanese Poems of Love and Longing (Shambhala Centaur Editions)
by Sam Hamill

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Written by court princesses, exiled officials, Zen priests, and recluses, the 150 poems translated here represent the rich diversity of Japan's poetic tradition. Varying in tone from the sensuous and erotic to the profoundly spiritual, each poem captures... (read more)
 
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British Medieval and Renaissance

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo
by J. R. R. Tolkien

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo are masterpieces of a remote and exotic age — the age of chivalry and wizards, knights and holy quests. Yet it is only in the unique artistry and imagination of J.R.R. Tolken that the... (read more)
 
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The Anabasis of Cyrus (Agora Editions)
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Xenophon's famous work tells of Greek mercenaries hightailing it home in 401 BC after their Persian client Cyrus and their own top commanders were killed. It is widely read by students of Greek literature and history, but Ambler (humanities, U. of... (read more)
 
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Dream of the Red Chamber
by Hsueh Chin Tsao

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For more than a century and a half, Dream of the Red Chamber has been recognized in China as the greatest of its novels, a Chinese Romeo-and-Juliet love story and a portrait of one of the world's great civilizations. Chi-chen Wang's translation is... (read more)
 
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Monkey: Folk Novel of China by Wu Ch'eng En
by Wu Ch'Eng-En

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Probably the most popular book in the history of the Far east, this classic combination of picaresque novel and folk epic mixes satire, allegory, and history into a rollicking tale. It is the story of the roguish monkey and his encounters with major and... (read more)
 
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