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The Odyssey of Homer (Perennial Classics)
by Homer And Lattimore  Publisher Comments The most eloquent translation of Homer's Odyssey into modern English....
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Euripides #5: The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides V
by Euripides And Grene 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...
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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 translations...
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The Iliad
by Homer and Robert Fagles 
Publisher Comments This timeless poem-more than 2,700 year old-still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amid devastation and destruction as it moves inexorably to its wrenching, tragic conclusion. Readers of...
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Twelve Caesars (Penguin Classics) ((Rev)79 - Old Edition)
by Suetonius Publisher Comments 'Translated by Robert Graves and Revised with an Introduction by Michael Grant.'...
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The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
by M C Howatson Publisher Comments From Achilles's heel to the sword of Damocles, Western culture teems with allusions from the rich heritage of classical literature, and this new edition of The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, the first updating since Sir Paul Harvey's original...
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Metamorphoses (World's Classics)
by Ovid And Melville Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxxix]) and index....
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The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics)
by Thucydides And Warner Publisher Comments Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the struggle between Athens and Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling the author's ambitious claim that the work "was done to last forever." The...
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The Iliad
by Homer Publisher Comments In this widely acclaimed verse translation of Homer's great epic, Robert Fagles combines the skills of poet and scholar. He brings the energy of contemporary language to this enduring heroic work, but maintains the drive and metric music of Homer's...
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The Twelve Caesars
by Suetonius And Graves Publisher Comments 'Translated by Robert Graves and Revised with an Introduction by Michael Grant.'...
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The Aeneid (Vintage Classics)
by Virgil And Fitzgerald Publisher Comments Virgil's great epic transforms the Homeric tradition into a triumphal statement of the Roman civilizing mission. Translated by Robert Fitzgerald....
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The Oresteia (Penguin Classics)
by Aeschylus And Fagles Publisher Comments This book is a play that has been translated into English. 'The Oresteia'...
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Medea and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)
by Euripides And Davie Publisher Comments Translated by John Davie with an Introduction and Notes by Richard Rutherford....
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The Iliad of Homer
by Homer Publisher Comments "The finest translation of Homer ever made into the English language."—William Arrowsmith "Certainly the best modern verse translation."—Gilbert Highet "This magnificent translation of Homer's epic poem . . . will appeal to admirers of Homer...
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Medea (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)
by Euripides And Collier Publisher Comments The Greek Tragedy in New Translations series is based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves, or who work in collaboration with poets, can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of the great Greek writers...
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The Aeneid
by Virgil And Dickinson Publisher Comments '\'Virgil\\\'s epic poem of the birth of Rome translated by Patric Dickinson. \\\"No other version surpasses it in clarity and vigor. At last, \\\'the good Aeneas\\\' is a hero, a living man every reader of English verse can understand. Dickinson has...
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The Norton Book of Classical Literature
by Bernard Knox Publisher Comments "The literature of the classical world that has survived is a pitiful remnant of what once existed...". So begins Bernard Knox's preface to an anthology that introduces the modern reader to the enormous breadth and rich variety of that "pitiful remnant" -...
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The Odyssey: A Dramatic Retelling of Homer's Epic
by Simon Armitage Publisher Comments "Armitage has given an ageless story new vigor, and has done it with style, wit and elegance."—Literary Review In this new verse adaptation, originally commissioned for BBC radio, Simon Armitage has recast Homer's epic as a series of bristling...
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The Theban Plays: King Oedipus; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone
by Sophocles And Watling Synopsis The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles (496-406 BC) to create a powerful trilogy about mankind's struggle against fate - "King Oedipus", "Oedipus at Colonus" and "Antigone"....
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Medea (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Euripides And Warner Publisher Comments One of the most powerful and enduring of Greek tragedies, masterfully portraying the fierce motives driving Medea's pursuit of vengeance for her husband's insult and betrayal. Authoritative Rex Warner translation....
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