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The Complete Greek Tragedies: Aeschylus I: Oresteia by Aeschylus Publisher Comments "These authoritative translations consign all other complete collections to the wastebasket."—Robert Brustein, The New Republic "This is it. No qualifications. Go out and buy it everybody."—Kenneth Rexroth, The Nation "The... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Prince (Penguin Classics) by Machiavelli Publisher Comments Rejecting the traditional values of political theory, Machiavelli drew upon his own experiences of office in the turbulent Florentine republic to write his celebrated treatise on statecraft. While Machiavelli was only one of the many Florentine "prophets... (read more) List Price $7.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Publisher Comments The Tale of Genji was written in the eleventh century by Murasaki Shikibu, a lady of the Heian court. It is universally recognized as the greatest masterpiece of Japanese prose narrative, perhaps the earliest true novel in the history of the world. Until... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Histories (98 Edition) by Herodotus Publisher Comments "The father of history," as Cicero called him, and a writer possessed of remarkable narrative gifts, enormous scope, and considerable charm, Herodotus has always been beloved by readers well-versed in the classics. Compelled by his desire to "prevent the... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Story of the Stone, Volume 5: The Dreamer Wakes (Penguin Classics) by Xueqin Cao Publisher Comments Divided into five volumes, of which The Dreamer Wakes is the fifth, it charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family (a story which closely accords with the fortunes of Cao Xuequin's own family).... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Epic of Gilgamesh: A New Translation by Andrew George Publisher Comments Translated with an Introduction by Andrew George.... (read more) List Price $9.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney Staff Pick "I resignedly picked it up at last on the tail end of a history binge, telling myself, 'Okay, I'm finally going to slog through it. Just get it over with.' And I discovered all my trepidation had been for naught. This isn't an 'accessible for a scholarly... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Metamorphoses by Ovid Publisher Comments The Metamorphoses of Ovid offers to the modern world such a key to the literary and religious culture of the ancients that it becomes an important event when at last a good poet comes up with a translation into English verse. --John Crowe Ransom ... a... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $5.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Antiphon and Andocides (Oratory of Classical Greece) by Antiphon Andocides Publisher Comments This volume contains the works of the two earliest surviving orators, Antiphon and Andocides. Antiphon (ca. 480-411) was a leading Athenian intellectual and creator of the profession of logography ("speech writing"), whose special interest was law and... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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