Ancient & Classical
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Greek Lyric Poetry
$13.95 Add to cartThe Greek lyric, elegiac, and iambic poets of the two centuries from 650 to 450 B.C.–greats such as Sappho, Anacreon, and Simonides–produced some of the finest poetry of antiquity. Their poetry was … [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: West, M. L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 15 2008
- ISBN10: 019954039X
- Language: English
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Jason and the Argonauts
$16.00 Add to cartThe first new Penguin Classics translation of the Argonautica since the 1950s
Now in a riveting new verse translation, Jason and the Argonauts (also known as the Argonautica) is the only surviving ful- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Apollonius of Rhodes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 28 2014
- ISBN10: 0143106864
- Language: English
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Myth and Tragedy in Ancient Greece
$35.00 Add to cartJean-Pierre Vernant and Pierre Vidal-Naquet are leaders in a contemporary French classical scholarship that has produced a stunning reconfiguration of Greek thought and literature. In this work, the a… [more below]
- Series: Zone Books
- Author: Vernant, Jean-Pierre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: October 17 1990
- ISBN10: 0942299191
- Language: English
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The Philosophy of Epicurus
$12.00 Read moreDespite its modern-day connotations of hedonism, “Epicureanism” has more to do with living a mindful, uncomplicated life. Epicurus — who was born at Samos, Greece, in 341 BC and died at Athens in 270… [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Epicurus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 13 2019
- ISBN10: 0486833038
- Language: English
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The Metamorphoses
$7.95 Add to cartA masterpiece of Western culture, this is the first attempt to link all the Greek myths in a cohesive whole to the Roman myths of Ovid’s day. Horace Gregory, in this modern translation, turns his own … [more below]
- Series: Signet Classics
- Author: Ovid
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 03 2009
- ISBN10: 0451531450
- Language: English
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Aristophanes: Frogs and Other Plays: A New Verse Translation, with Introduction and Notes
$13.95 Add to cartAristophanes is the only surviving representative of Greek Old Comedy, an exuberant form of festival drama which flourished in Athens during the fifth century BC. One of the most original playwrights … [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Aristophanes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0192824090
- Language: English
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The Hindus: An Alternative History
$25.00 Add to cart“Don’t miss this equivalent of a brilliant graduate course froma feisty and exhilarating teacher.” –The Washington Post
An engrossing and definitive narrative account of history and myth, The Hindus- Author: Doniger, Wendy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 800
- Publish Date: November 30 2010
- ISBN10: 014311669X
- Language: English
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Eclogues and Georgics
$29.95 Add to cartJames Bradley Wells combines creative practice and intimate knowledge of contemporary poetry and classical antiquity in this thought-provoking new translation of two early works by ancient Rome’s most… [more below]
- Author: Vergil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: September 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0299337405
- Language: English
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How Do We Look: The Body, the Divine, and the Question of Civilization
$24.95 Add to cartConceived as a gorgeously illustrated accompaniment to “How Do We Look” and “The Eye of Faith,” the famed Civilisations shows on PBS, renowned classicist Mary Beard has created this elegant volume on … [more below]
- Author: Beard, Mary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 1631494406
- Language: English
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How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
$30.00 Read moreA leading philosopher shows that if the pursuit of happiness is the question, Epicureanism is the answer
Epicureanism has a reputation problem, bringing to mind gluttons with gout or an admonition to … [more below]- Author: Wilson, Catherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1541672631
- Language: English
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Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle
$22.00 Add to cartThis long-awaited reissue of the 1969 Cornell edition of Alfarabi’s Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle contains Muhsin Mahdi’s substantial original introduction and a new foreword by Charles E. Butterw
- Series: Agora Editions
- Author: Alfarabi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 15 2002
- ISBN10: 0801487161
- Language: English
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The Collected Poems
$12.95 Add to cart“A Greek gentleman in a straw hat, standing absolutely motionless at a slight angle to the universe.” E. M. Forster’s famous description of C. P. Cavafy–the most widely known and best loved modern Gr… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Cavafy, C. P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 31 2009
- ISBN10: 0199555958
- Language: English
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Lays of Ancient Rome: Epic Poems
$9.20 Add to cart- Author: Macaulay, Thomas Babington
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 74
- Publish Date: April 26 2021
- ISBN10: 8027340756
- Language: English
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The Odyssey: (The Stephen Mitchell Translation)
$18.95 Add to cartFrom Stephen Mitchell, the renowned translator whose Iliad was named one of The New Yorker‘s Favorite Books of 2011, comes a vivid new translation of the Odyssey, complete with textual notes and an il… [more below]
- Author: Mitchell, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 07 2014
- ISBN10: 145167418X
- Language: English
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Outlines of Pyrrhonism
$13.99 Add to cartThroughout history philosophers have sought to define, understand, and delineate concepts important to human well-being. One such concept is “knowledge.” Many philosophers believed that absolute, cert… [more below]
- Series: Great Books in Philosophy
- Author: Empiricus, Sextus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 01 1990
- ISBN10: 0879755970
- Language: English
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Gilgamesh Retold
$20.99 Read moreJenny Lewis relocates Gilgamesh to its earlier, oral roots in a Sumerian society where men and women were more equal, the reigning deity of Gilgamesh’s city, Uruk, was female (Inanna), only women were… [more below]
- Author: Lewis, Jenny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: October 25 2018
- ISBN10: 1784106143
- Language: English
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Logic: The Ancient Art of Reason
$15.00 Read moreHow do you tell what’s right from what’s wrong? Can you always? What’s the difference between deduction, induction, and abduction? What are the best techniques for making an argument logically sound? … [more below]
- Series: Wooden Books
- Author: Fontainelle, Earl
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: September 13 2016
- ISBN10: 1632864452
- Language: English
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Planet X and the Kolbrin Bible Connection: Why the Kolbrin Bible Is the Rosetta Stone of Planet X
$12.95 Add to cart“Greg Jenner spent decades connecting the dots for this book. Now you can do the same, in a single evening!”-Marshall Masters
Greg Jenner is one of the top Planet X historians alive today – if not the
- Author: Jenner, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 92
- Publish Date: May 20 2008
- ISBN10: 1597720704
- Language: English
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Poetic Edda – Imperium Press (Western Canon)
$50.00 Add to cartThe Poetic Edda is our main source for the myths of the Norse gods and heroes. Written down in medieval Iceland, this “original storehouse of Germanic mythology” collects 35 narrative poems recounting
- Author: Anonymous
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 942
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1922602639
- Language: English
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Parmenides and the Way of Truth
$18.95 Add to cartAn inspiring account gives new life to the Greek philosopher immortalized in his dialogues with Socrates.
- Author: Geldard, Richard G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0976684349
- Language: English
