Ancient & Classical
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Six Great Dialogues: Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Phaedrus, Symposium, the Republic
$7.00 Add to cartPlato’s brilliant dialogues, written in the fourth century B.C., rank among Western civilization’s most important philosophical works. Presented as a series of probing conversations between Socrates a… [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 11 2007
- ISBN10: 0486454657
- Language: English
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The Homeric Hymns
$12.95 Add to cartMost people are familiar, at least by repute, with Homer’s two great epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, but few are aware that other poems survive that were attributed to Homer in ancient times. The Ho… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Crudden, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 188
- Publish Date: October 19 2009
- ISBN10: 0199554757
- Language: English
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The Cynic Philosophers: From Diogenes to Julian
$19.00 Add to cart‘Poverty does not consist in the want of money, ‘ I answered, ‘nor is begging to be deplored. Poverty consists in the desire to have everything, and through violent means if necessary’
From their foun- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Various
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: February 26 2013
- ISBN10: 0141192224
- Language: English
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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: Selections Annotated & Explained
$21.99 Add to cartAs seen through the writings of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, the Stoic approach to life is surprisingly rich, nuanced, clear-eyed and friendly. Offers startlingly modern psychological and spiritual … [more below]
- Series: SkyLight Illuminations
- Author: Long, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1594732361
- Language: English
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The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec
$26.95 Add to cartExpanded and revised in its sixth edition, The Art of Mesoamerica surveys the artistic achievements of the high pre-Hispanic civilizations of Central America–Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, and Azt
- Series: World of Art #0
- Author: Miller, Mary Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: June 11 2019
- ISBN10: 0500204500
- Language: English
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The Bacchae and Other Plays
$13.00 Add to cartThrough their sheer range, daring innovation, flawed but eloquent characters and intriguing plots, the plays of Euripides have shocked and stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. Phoenician W… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Euripides
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 25 2006
- ISBN10: 0140447261
- Language: English
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The Divine Comedy: Volume 3: Paradise
$19.00 Add to cartThe final volume in a brilliant translation destined to take its place among the great English versions of The Divine Comedy
In his translation of Paradise, Mark Musa exhibits the same sensitivity to … [more below]- Series: Divine Comedy
- Author: Alighieri, Dante
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 04 1986
- ISBN10: 0140444432
- Language: English
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The Divine Comedy: Volume 2: Purgatory
$17.00 Add to cartThe second volume of Dante’s Divine Comedy
Beginning with Dante’s liberation from Hell, Purgatory relates his ascent, accompanied by Virgil, of the Mount of Purgatory – a mountain of nine levels, form- Series: Divine Comedy
- Author: Alighieri, Dante
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 30 1955
- ISBN10: 0140440461
- Language: English
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Meditations
$6.00 Add to cartOne of the world’s most famous and influential books, Meditations, by the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (A.D. 121-180), incorporates the stoic precepts he used to cope with his life as a warrior and
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: July 11 1997
- ISBN10: 048629823X
- Language: English
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The Selected Poems of t’Ao Ch’ien
$11.00 Add to cartT’ao Ch’ien, (365 – 427, C.E.), one of the most revered poets in classical Chinese literature, is presented in a lucid translation with an introduction. “David Hinton is one of the most impressive of … [more below]
- Author: Chien, Tao
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 01 2000
- ISBN10: 1556590563
- Language: English
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How to Think about War: An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy
$18.95 Read moreAn accessible modern translation of essential speeches from Thucydides’s History that takes readers to the heart of his profound insights on diplomacy, foreign policy, and war
Why do nations go to war- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Thucydides
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0691190151
- Language: English
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The Republic
$8.00 Read moreOften ranked as the greatest of Plato’s many remarkable writings, this celebrated philosophical work of the fourth century B.C. contemplates the elements of an ideal state, serving as the forerunner f
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 18 2000
- ISBN10: 0486411214
- Language: English
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The Aeneid
$17.00 Add to cart‘The most truthful translation ever, conveying as many nuances and whispers as are possible from the original’ The Times
After a century of civil strife in Rome and Italy, Virgil wrote the Aeneid to h- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Virgil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 29 2003
- ISBN10: 0140449329
- Language: English
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Aristotle’s Art of Rhetoric
$19.00 Add to cartFor more than two thousand years. Aristotle’s “Art of Rhetoric” has shaped thought on the theory and practice of rhetoric, the art of persuasive speech. In three sections, Aristotle discusses what rhe… [more below]
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 12 2021
- ISBN10: 022678990X
- Language: English
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The Iliad: (The Stephen Mitchell Translation)
$18.95 Add to cartFrom the renowned translator of Rilke, Tao Te Ching, and Gilgamesh, a vivid new translation of Western civilization’s foundational epic: The Iliad.
Tolstoy called the Iliad a miracle; Goethe said tha- Author: Homer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: August 14 2012
- ISBN10: 1439163383
- Language: English
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Tutankhamun’s Trumpet: Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects from the Boy-King’s Tomb
$37.50 Add to cartIn 1922, after fifteen years of searching, archaeologists finally discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun. There, buried alongside the king’s mummy, they found more than 5,000 unique objects, from the
- Author: Wilkinson, Toby
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0393531708
- Language: English
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One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer
$13.00 Add to cart‘One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brief space of time, make a man blessed and happy’
What does it mean to be a good person? Ranging over ete- Series: Penguin Great Ideas
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 08 2021
- ISBN10: 0241472865
- Language: English
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The 100 Best Poems of All Time
$17.99 Add to cartThis poetry companion puts favourite poetry and poets from around the world at your fingertips, enabling you to revisit the classics, encounter unfamiliar masterworks and rediscover old favorites.
Her- Author: Pockell, Leslie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0446676810
- Language: English
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Gorgias
$10.00 Read moreTaking the form of a dialogue between Socrates, Gorgias, Polus and Callicles, GORGIAS debates perennial questions about the nature of government and those who aspire to public office.
Are high moral s- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 155
- Publish Date: June 29 2004
- ISBN10: 0140449043
- Language: English
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The Odyssey
$17.00 Add to cartThe epic tale of Odysseus’s journey home – one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature
If the Iliad is the world’s greatest war epic, the Odyssey is literature’s grandest evocation o- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Homer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 29 2003
- ISBN10: 0140449116
- Language: English
