Ancient/ Classical & Medieval
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Constellation Myths: With Aratus’s Phaenomena
$15.95 Add to cart“Athena seized the writhing serpent and hurled it into the sky, and fixed it to the very pole of the heavens.”
The constellations we recognize today were first mapped by the ancient Greeks, who arrang- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Eratosthenes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0198716982
- Language: English
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The Sagas of Icelanders: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
$29.00 Add to cartIn Iceland, the age of the Vikings is also known as the Saga Age. A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world’s great literary treasures – as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy … [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
- Author: Various
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 848
- Publish Date: March 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0141000031
- Language: English
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Since You’re Mortal . . .: Life Lessons from the Lost Greek Plays
$24.99 Read more“The truly happy man ought to stay at home.”
“Hunger, and lack of coin, put a stop to love.”
“Hades, alone of the gods, does not enjoy bribes.”
These quotes and many others from the great Greek dramatist
- Author: Romm, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 1324086084
- Language: English
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The Art of Rhetoric
$4.99 Read moreHarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics…
Despite dating from the 4th century BC, The Art of Rhetoric continues to be regarded by many as the single mo
- Series: Collins Classics
- Author: Aristote
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 0007920695
- Language: English
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The Early History of Rome: Books I-V of the History of Rome from Its Foundation
$17.00 Add to cartWith stylistic brilliance and historical imagination, the first five books of Livy’s monumental history of Rome record events from the foundation of Rome through the history of the seven kings, the es… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Livy, Titus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: June 25 2002
- ISBN10: 0140448098
- Language: English
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The Art of War
$20.00 Read moreThe Art of War, by the Chinese general and philosopher Sun Tzu, is one of the most influential books of military strategy ever written, now freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Clot… [more below]
- Series: Signature Clothbound Editions
- Author: Tzu, Sun
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1454961988
- Language: English
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The Greek Tragedies: Seventeen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
$25.00 Read moreChicago’s renowned translations of the greatest surviving plays of ancient Greece, collected into a single volume.
Drawn from the authoritative third editions of David Grene and Richmond Lattimore’s- Author: Aeschylus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1136
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0226844692
- Language: English
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Medea
$7.98 Read moreAbout Sheila Murnaghan’s translation
“A terrific new translation–Murnaghan’s Medea is both terrifying and sympathetic, an emotionally complex portrayal that leaves the reader no simple answers.”
–K
- Series: Norton Library (Paperback) #0
- Author: Euripides
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 17 2021
- ISBN10: 0393870847
- Language: English
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Shakespeare Box Set
$15.95 Add to cartTo paraphrase the Bard, though they be but little, they are fierce… A pocket-sized box set of three 3″ hardcover Bard books, the perfect gift for your favorite Shakespeare enthusiast.
Behold a delu- Series: Rp Minis
- Author: Shakespeare, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 680
- Publish Date: March 29 2016
- ISBN10: 0762459433
- Language: English
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Sophocles: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
This Very Short Introduction introduces the life, work, and influence of one of the greatest dramatists of all time, Sophocles the Athenian. Placi- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Hall, Edith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 0192897802
- Language: English
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Gods and Mortals: Ancient Greek Myths for Modern Readers
$24.95 Add to cartAn entrancing new telling of ancient Greek myths
“This book is a triumph! . . . [A] magnificent retelling of the Greek myths.”–Alexander McCall Smith, author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency ser- Author: Johnston, Sarah Iles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0691239878
- Language: English
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Shakespeare: The Bard’s Guide to Abuses and Affronts
$7.95 Read moreBaffle your friends with your erudite knowledge of Shakespearean English, all while casually insulting them. This deluxe collection of Shakespeare’s most dazzling insults is neatly separated into sect… [more below]
- Series: Rp Minis
- Author: Running Press
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 04 2014
- ISBN10: 0762453869
- Language: English
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Epigrams: With Parallel Latin Text
$16.95 Add to cart“If you’re one of those terribly serious readers, now is a good time to leave.”
The poet we call Martial, Marcus Valerius Martialis, lived by his wits in first-century Rome. Pounding the mean streets- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Martial
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0199645450
- Language: English
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The Odyssey
$39.00 Add to cartA landmark new translation of Homer’s most popular epic by distinguished author and classicist Daniel Mendelsohn.
In 1961, the University of Chicago Press published Richmond Lattimore’s translation o- Author: Homer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: April 09 2025
- ISBN10: 022660442X
- Language: English
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Letters from a Stoic
$9.99 Add to cartHarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.
No man can live a happy life, or even a supportable life, without the study of wisdom
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4
- Series: Collins Classics
- Author: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 12 2021
- ISBN10: 0008425043
- Language: English
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The Teachings of a Stoic: Selected Discourses and the Encheiridion
$4.99 Read moreHarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.
The discourses of the great Stoic philosopher Epictetus are regarded as some of the most influential teachings
- Series: Collins Classics
- Author: Epictetus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0008619913
- Language: English
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Meditations
$14.99 Add to cartThe Meditations are a set of personal reflections by Marcus Aurelius. He writes about the vicissitudes of his own life and explores how to live wisely and virtuously in an unpredictable world.
Part of- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1529015022
- Language: English
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The Serpent and the Fire: Poetries of the Americas from Origins to Present
$34.95 Add to cartJerome Rothenberg’s final anthology–an experiment in omnipoetics with Javier Taboada–reaches into the deepest origins of the Americas, north and south, to redefine America and its poetries
The Serpe- Author: Rothenberg, Jerome
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 816
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0520303547
- Language: English
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Kjv, Sovereign Collection Bible, Personal Size, Genuine Leather, Black, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, King James Version
$109.99 Add to cartThis beautiful Bible edition honors the legacy of the King James Version Bible in a convenient portable size with essential study tools and traditional red-letter text for the Words of Christ. This ed
- Author: Thomas Nelson
- Binding: Leather
- Page Count: 1696
- Publish Date: March 09 2021
- ISBN10: 0785239278
- Language: English
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New Testament Apocrypha, Vol. 3: More Noncanonical Scriptures
$85.00 Read moreAn expansive compilation of New Testament apocrypha in English translation, featuring fascinating but heretofore unpublished texts.
New Testament Apocrypha, vol. 3, continues to unearth the vast dive- Author: Burke, Tony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 713
- Publish Date: May 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0802877931
- Language: English
