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The Inferno of Dante by Dante Alighieri Publisher Comments This widely praised version of Dante's masterpiece, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award of the Academy of American Poets, is more idiomatic and approachable than its many predecessors. Former U.S.... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $9.95 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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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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Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes and Edith Grossman Staff Pick Edith Grossman's translation of Don Quixote has quickly become a favorite, lauded by academics and common readers alike. Don't fail to check this out, the world's first modern novel.... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $9.00 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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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... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.95 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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Reading Latin: Grammar, Vocabulary and Exercises by Peter V Jones Publisher Comments Reading Latin is designed to help mature beginners read Latin fluently and intelligently, primarily in the context of classical culture.... (read more) List Price $47.99 Your price: $14.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Iliad by Homer and Stephen Mitchell Publisher Comments Tolstoy called The Iliad a miracle; Goethe said that it always thrust him into a state of astonishment. Homers story is thrilling, and his Greek is perhaps the most beautiful poetry ever sung or written. But until now, even the best English translations... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $27.00 Used - Hardcover
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Reading Latin: Text by Peter Jones Publisher Comments Reading Latin is a Latin course designed to help mature beginners read Latin fluently and intelligently, primarily in the context of classical culture, but with some mediaeval Latin too. It does this in three ways; it encourages reading of continuous... (read more) List Price $33.99 Your price: $16.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Cassell's Concise Latin and English Dictionary by Cassells Publisher Comments The greatest name in foreign language dictionaries is Cassell, the preeminent publisher of dictionaries for over 120 years. For fast, easy reference and comprehensive listings, Cassell's Concise Latin-English, English-Latin Dictionary is unbeatable. It... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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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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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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Auricula Meretricula by Mary Whitl Blundell Publisher Comments This original play has delighted thousands of first-year Latin students, providing an enticing introduction to the genres of Roman comedy and Latin Love elegy as well as a longer reading which parallels the grammatical presentation of Wheelock.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Pamphlet
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The Sagas of Icelanders by Jane (int) Smiley Publisher Comments A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world's greatest literary treasures--as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy as Sophocles, as engagingly human as Shakespeare. Set around the turn of the last millennium, these stories depict... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone by Sophocles Publisher Comments Revising and updating his classic 1958 translation, Paul Roche captures the dramatic power and intensity, the subtleties of meaning, and the explosive emotions of Sophocles' great Theban trilogy. In vivid, poetic language, he presents the timeless story... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Chronicles by Froissart Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references and index.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Metamorphoses (Penguin Classics) by Ovid About the Author Ovid—Publius Ovidius Naso—(43 bce–ce 17 or 18) was born into a wealthy Roman family and became the most distinguished poet of his time. He died in exile on the Black Sea, far from Rome and his literary life.... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Cambridge Companion To Dante (2ND 07 Edition) by Rachel Jacoff Publisher Comments This book provides an introduction to Dante that is at once accessible and challenging. Fifteen specially-commissioned essays by distinguished scholars provide background information and up-to-date critical perspectives on Dante's life and work, focusing... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price: $15.00 Used - Trade Paper
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