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The Three Theban Plays: Antigon/Oedipus the King/Oedipus at Colonus (Penguin Classics)
The Three Theban Plays: Antigon/Oedipus the King/Oedipus at Colonus (Penguin Classics)
by Sophocles
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  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)

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Four Texts on Socrates: Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito and Aristophanes' Clouds, Revised Edition
Four Texts on Socrates: Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito and Aristophanes' Clouds, Revised Edition
by Thomas G West
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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)

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The Oedipus Cycle of Sophocles
The Oedipus Cycle of Sophocles
by Sophocles
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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)

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The Oresteia (Penguin Classics)
The Oresteia (Penguin Classics)
by Aeschylus
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In the Oresteia—the 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)

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Histories ((Rev)03 Edition)
Histories ((Rev)03 Edition)
by Herodotus
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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)

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The Complete Greek Tragedies: Aeschylus I: Oresteia
The Complete Greek Tragedies: Aeschylus I: Oresteia
by Aeschylus
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"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)

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Oresteia (98 Edition)
Oresteia (98 Edition)
by Aeschylus
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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)

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Grief Lessons (06 Edition)
Grief Lessons (06 Edition)
by Euripides
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The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes
The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes
by Seamus Heaney
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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)

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Roman Lives: a Selection of Eight Lives (99 Edition)
Roman Lives: a Selection of Eight Lives (99 Edition)
by Plutarch
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'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)

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Lysistrata and Other Plays: The Acharnians, the Clouds, Lysistrata (Penguin Classics)
Lysistrata and Other Plays: The Acharnians, the Clouds, Lysistrata (Penguin Classics)
by Aristophanes
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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)

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Three Plays of Euripides : Alcestis / Medea / Bacchae (74 Edition)
Three Plays of Euripides : Alcestis / Medea / Bacchae (74 Edition)
by Euripides
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Here are three of Euripides' finest tragedies offered in vivid, modern translations.... (read more)

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Euripides Bacchae (98 Edition)
Euripides Bacchae (98 Edition)
by Steve Esposito
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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)

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Meditations (Dover Thrift Editions)
Meditations (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Aurelius Marcus
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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)

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Oresteia (79 Edition)
Oresteia (79 Edition)
by Aeschylus
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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)

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The Phoenician Women
The Phoenician Women
by Euripides
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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)

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On Duties (91 Edition)
On Duties (91 Edition)
by Cicero
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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)

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Meditations (Penguin Classics)
Meditations (Penguin Classics)
by Marcus Aurelius
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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)

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On the Shortness of Life (Great Ideas)
On the Shortness of Life (Great Ideas)
by Seneca
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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)

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Euripides : Bacchae (00 Edition)
Euripides : Bacchae (00 Edition)
by Euripides
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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)

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