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Sophocles I: Three Tragedies by Sophocles 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 $12.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Euripides #5: The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides V by Euripides Publisher Comments In nine paperback volumes, the Grene and Lattimore editions offer the most comprehensive selection of the Greek tragedies available in English. Over the years these authoritative, critically acclaimed editions have been the preferred choice of over three... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Complete Greek Tragedies: Sophocles II (Complete Greek Tragedies) by Sophocles 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: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Annals of Imperial Rome (Penguin Classics) by Tacitus Synopsis "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) List Price $17.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Meditations (97 Edition) by Marcus Aurelius Publisher Comments Stirring reflections on the human condition from a warrior and emperor provide a fascinating glimpse into the mind and personality of a highly principled Roman of the 2nd century. Recognizing that suffering is at the core of life, he counsels stoic... (read more) Your price: $3.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Three Theban Plays: Antigon/Oedipus the King/Oedipus at Colonus (Penguin Classics) by Sophocles Publisher Comments Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, these three plays are among the most enduring and timeless dramas ever written. Robert Fagles' translation conveys all of Sophocles' lucidity and power: the cut and thrust of his dialogue, his ironic edge,... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Euripides #1: The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides I by Euripides Publisher Comments In nine paperback volumes, the Grene and Lattimore editions offer the most comprehensive selection of the Greek tragedies available in English. Over the years these authoritative, critically acclaimed editions have been the preferred choice of over three... (read more) List Price $16.25 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Bacchae of Euripides: A New Translation with a Critical Essay by Euripides Publisher Comments This new translation of The Bacchae—that strange blend of Aeschylean grandeur and Euripidean finesse—is an attempt to reproduce for the American stage the play as it most probably was when new and unmutilated in 406 B.C. The... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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De Finibus, Volume XVII (14 Edition) by Marcus T. Cicero Publisher Comments Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 10643 BCE), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era which saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic.... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Theban Plays: King Oedipus; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone by Sophocles Publisher Comments O Light! May I never look on you again, Revealed as I am, sinful in my begetting, Sinful in marriage, sinful in shedding of blood! The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles (496406 BC) to create a powerful trilogy... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of the Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Publisher Comments BEAR IN MIND THAT THE MEASURE OF A MAN IS THE WORTH OF THE THINGS HE CARES ABOUT. IF IT IS GOOD TO SAY OR DO SOMETHING, THEN IT IS EVEN BETTER TO BE CRITICIZED FOR HAVING SAID OR DONE IT. ARE MY GUIDING PRINCIPLES HEALTHY AND ROBUST? ON THIS HANGS... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Complete Plays of Sophocles : a New (11 Edition) by Sophocles Publisher Comments The most celebrated plays of ancient Athens in vivid and dynamic newtranslations by award-winningpoets Robert Bagg and James Scully The dominant Athenian playwright in fifth-century-BCE Athens, Sophocles left us seven powerful dramas that still shock as... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Oresteia (Penguin Classics) by Aeschylus Publisher Comments In the Oresteiathe only trilogy in Greek drama which survives from antiquity Aeschylus took as his subject the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. Moving from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Meditations (06 Edition) by Marcus Aurelius Staff Pick Consigned to notebooks by one of Rome's last great emperors, Meditations contains the blood and fire of Stoic philosophy. It has been a favorite for many ages and graced the bedside of kings and laity alike.... (read more) List Price $11.00 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper
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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: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Works and Days; Theogony; The Shield of Herakles by Hesiod Synopsis Epic poems by one who has been called the first Greek philosopher and theologian... (read more) List Price $20.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Satyrica by Petronius Publisher Comments Encolpius, a soldier of fortune, despiser of pedantry, lecherous and contrary, and the beautiful Giton, who lives off his charms, are invited to a gargantuan banquet hosted by the prodigal, pompous, newly rich Trimalchio. When the feast turns into a riot,... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Medea and Other Plays (World's Classics) by Euripides Publisher Comments This new translation brings to life the most profound tragedies of Euripides, described by Aristotle as "the most tragic of the poets." In these plays, Euripides places his characters under the pressure of intolerable circumstances, revealing them, to... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Complete Works of Tacitus (42 Edition) by Tacitus Publisher Comments Translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb, Edited, with an Introduction, Moses Hadas... (read more) List Price $13.75 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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On the Shortness of Life (05 Edition) by Lucius Annaeus Seneca Publisher Comments Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves—and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have... (read more) List Price $11.00 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper
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