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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 $14.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Four Texts on Socrates: Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito and Aristophanes' Clouds, Revised Edition by Thomas G West Publisher Comments This is the only collection of the Platonic dialogues that also includes the Clouds, a work that is fundamental for understanding the thought of Socrates in relation to the Athenian political community and to Greek poetry.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Oedipus Cycle of Sophocles by Sophocles Publisher Comments English versions of Sophocles three great tragedies based on the myth of Oedipus, translated for a modern audience by two gifted poets. Index.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.95 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: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Histories ((Rev)03 Edition) by Herodotus Publisher Comments The World Literature series reproduces the greatest books the world over with only the highest production standards. History, philosophy, psychology, political theory, fiction, and ancient texts are now accessible to everyone at an extremely affordable... (read more) List Price $12.00 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: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Oresteia (98 Edition) by Aeschylus Synopsis The author of more than 70 plays, Aeschylus is the earliest of the great Attic tragedians. Of these plays, only seven remain. The "Oresteia" is his only complete surviving trilogy. Peter Meineck has aimed to translate this version of the "Oresteia" for... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Grief Lessons (06 Edition) by Euripides Publisher Comments '\'\\\'\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes by Seamus Heaney Publisher Comments The Cure at Troy is Seamus Heaney's version of Sophocles' Philoctetes. Written in the fifth century BC, this play concerns the predicament of the outcast hero, Philoctetes, whom the Greeks marooned on the island of Lemnos and forgot about until the... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Roman Lives: a Selection of Eight Lives (99 Edition) by Plutarch Publisher Comments 'I treat the narrative of the Lives as a kind of mirror...The experience is like nothing so much as spending time in their company and living with them: I receive and welcome each of them in turn as my guest.' In the eight lives of this collection... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Lysistrata and Other Plays: The Acharnians, the Clouds, Lysistrata (Penguin Classics) by Aristophanes Publisher Comments Writing at the time of political and social crisis in Athens, Aristophanes was an eloquent yet bawdy challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. The Achanians is a plea for peace set against the background of the long war with Sparta. In Lysistrata a... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Three Plays of Euripides : Alcestis / Medea / Bacchae (74 Edition) by Euripides Publisher Comments Here are three of Euripides' finest tragedies offered in vivid, modern translations.... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Euripides Bacchae (98 Edition) by Steve Esposito Publisher Comments An English translation of Euripides' tragedy based on the mythological story of King Pentheus of Thebes and his fateful encounter with the god DIonysus. Includes an introductory essay, extensive notes, appendices on lacuna, a geneological chart of the... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Meditations (Dover Thrift Editions) by Aurelius Marcus 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 New - Trade Paper
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Oresteia (79 Edition) by Aeschylus Publisher Comments The most famous series of ancient Greek plays, and the only surviving trilogy, is the Oresteia of Aeschylus, consisting of Agamemnon, Choephoroe, and Eumenides. These three plays recount the murder of Agamemnon by his queen Clytemnestra on his return... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Phoenician Women by Euripides Publisher Comments Peter Burian and Brian Swann recreate Euripides' The Phoenician Women which explores, with all its deeply disturbing ironies, the fateful history of the House of Laios following the tragic fall of Oedipus, King of Thebes. Their lively translation of this... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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On Duties (91 Edition) by Cicero Publisher Comments This volume aims to render De Officiis, Cicero's last theoeretical work, more intelligible by explaining its relation to its own time and place.... (read more) List Price $33.50 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Meditations (Penguin Classics) 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 $9.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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On the Shortness of Life (Great Ideas) by 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: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Euripides : Bacchae (00 Edition) by Euripides Publisher Comments Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama eliminates the boundary between classics students and drama students. Books include full commentary running alongside the translation, notes on pronunciation, and a plot synopsis. Background information is provided,... (read more) List Price $11.50 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper
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