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The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
by Robert B Strassler
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The Landmark Xenophon's Hellenika
by Robert B Strassler
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Sindbad and Other Stories from the Arabian Nights
by Husain Haddawy
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The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes
by Seamus Heaney
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Odyssey
by Homer
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Antigone: A New Translation
by Sophocles
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Martial's Epigrams: A Selection
by Martial
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One of literature?s greatest satirists, Martial earned his livelihood by excoriating the follies and vices of Roman society and its emperors, and set a pattern that satirists have admired across the ages. For the first time, readers can enjoy an English... (read more)

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The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon: The Diary of a Courtesan in Tenth Century Japan
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Gilgamesh: A New English Version
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The Oresteia (Agamemnon, the Libation-Bearers, and the Eumenides)
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The Dream of the Red Chamber (Tuttle Classics)
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Medea
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The Art of War
by Machiavelli
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