Ancient & Classical
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The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso
$27.00 Add to cartA stunning 3-in-1 edition of one of the great works of Western literature
An epic masterpiece and a foundational work of the Western canon, The Divine Comedy describes Dante’s descent into Hell with Vi… [more below]- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Alighieri, Dante
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: March 25 2014
- ISBN10: 0141197498
- Language: English
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The Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid Box Set: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
$58.00 Read moreA glorious boxed set featuring Robert Fagles’s award-winning translations of the three great epics of Western literature
ONE OF THE PREEMINENT translators of our time, Robert Fagles’s interpretations- Author: Homer
- Binding: Boxed Set
- Page Count: 1760
- Publish Date: September 30 2009
- ISBN10: 0147505607
- Language: English
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The Illuminated Rumi
$35.00 Add to cartRise up nimbly and go on your strange journey to the ocean of meanings…
In the mid-thirteenth century, in a dusty marketplace in Konya, Turkey, a city where Muslim, Christian, Hindu, and Buddhist tr- Author: Rumi, Jalal Al-Din
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 13 1997
- ISBN10: 0767900022
- Language: English
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Celtic Pattern: Visual Rhythms of the Ancient Mind
$7.95 Read moreHow do you draw Celtic knotwork? What are the secrets of keys? Are there tricks for drawing Celtic spirals? What do these mysterious patterns actually mean? Who drew them? Where did they come from?
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- Author: Tetlow, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: July 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1952178002
- Language: English
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The Art of War
$9.95 Add to cartCompiled more than two thousand years ago by a mysterious warrior-philosopher, The Art of War is still perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world today, as eagerly stud… [more below]
- Series: Shambhala Pocket Classics
- Author: Sun-Tzu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 07 1991
- ISBN10: 0877735379
- Language: English
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Frommer’s Athens and the Greek Islands
$24.95 Add to cartThis guide is geared to travelers who want to go to Greece for beaches, beautiful weather, island hopping, archaeological riches, and the capital city of Athens. Inside, you’ll find smart itineraries,
- Series: Complete Guide
- Author: Brewer, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 442
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1628875496
- Language: English
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The Faerie Queene
$22.00 Add to cart‘Great Lady of the greatest Isle, whose light
Like Phoebus lampe throughout the world doth shine’The Faerie Queene was one of the most influential poems in the English language. Dedicating his work to
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Spenser, Edmund
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1248
- Publish Date: January 25 1979
- ISBN10: 0140422072
- Language: English
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Prometheus Bound
$14.99 Add to cartFor readers accustomed to the relatively undramatic standard translations of Prometheus Bound, this version by James Scully, a poet and winner of the Lamont Poetry Prize, and C. John Herington, one of… [more below]
- Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations
- Author: Aeschylus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 01 1990
- ISBN10: 0195061659
- Language: English
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Rome as a Guide to the Good Life: A Philosophical Grand Tour
$20.00 Read moreA unique, portable guidebook that sketches Rome’s great philosophical tradition while also providing an engaging travel companion to the city.
This is a guidebook to Rome for those interested in both- Author: Samuelson, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 24 2023
- ISBN10: 022678004X
- Language: English
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A Manual for Living
$12.99 Read moreThe Greek philosopher Epictetus was born into slavery about 55 CE in the eastern outreaches of the Roman Empire. While still a slave, Epictetus was brought to Rome and sent by his master Epaphroditus
- Series: Little Book of Wisdom (Harper San Francisco)
- Author: Epictetus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: June 23 1994
- ISBN10: 0062511114
- Language: English
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Meditations (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)
$9.95 Add to cartMeditations by Marcus Aurelius is one of the greatest philosophical works of all time.
A collection of personal reflections written by Marcus Aurelius during his reign as one of Rome’s greatest empero… [more below]
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 132
- Publish Date: March 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1959891472
- Language: English
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
$13.00 Add to cartThe inspiration for the major motion picture The Green Knight starring Dev Patel.
‘Be prepared to perform what you promised, Gawain;
Seek faithfully till you find me …’ A New Year’s feast at King A- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Anonymous
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 30 1959
- ISBN10: 0140440925
- Language: English
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Phaedo
$11.95 Add to cartThe Phaedo is acknowledged to be one of Plato’s masterpieces, showing him both as a philosopher and as a dramatist at the height of his powers. For its moving account of the execution of Socrates, the… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 15 2009
- ISBN10: 019953893X
- Language: English
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The Aeneid
$19.00 Add to cartFrom the award-winning translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey comes a brilliant new translation of Virgil’s great epic
Fleeing the ashes of Troy, Aeneas, Achilles’ mighty foe in the Iliad, begins an- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Virgil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: December 28 2010
- ISBN10: 0143106295
- Language: English
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The Poetic Edda: The Heroic Poems
$16.99 Add to cartPassed down long ago from poet to poet and singer to singer in the great oral tradition of Scandinavia, this collection of heroic sagas explores a mythical world. Incorporating legends of Norse gods a… [more below]
- Author: Bellows, Henry Adams
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 30 2007
- ISBN10: 0486460215
- Language: English
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How to Be Healthy: An Ancient Guide to Wellness
$19.95 Add to cartTimeless wisdom about how to be healthy in body and mind from one of the greatest physicians of the ancient world
The second-century Greek physician Galen–the most famous doctor in antiquity after Hi- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Van Schaik, Katherine D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0691206279
- Language: English
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Bacchae and Other Plays: Iphigenia Among the Taurians; Bacchae; Iphigenia at Aulis; Rhesus
$10.95 Add to cartThe four plays newly translated for this volume are among Euripides most exciting works. Iphigenia among the Taurians is a story of escape contrasting Greek and barbarian civilization, set on the Blac… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Euripides
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0199540527
- Language: English
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Troilus and Criseyde
$10.95 Add to cartChaucer’s masterpiece and one of the greatest narrative poems in English, the story of the lovers Troilus and Criseyde is renowned for its deep humanity and penetrating psychological insight. This is … [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0199555079
- Language: English
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The Art of War
$16.99 Read more‘Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.’
– Sun Tzu
Written around the 6th century BC, The Art of War is one of the oldest and most famous books on- Series: Arcturus Silkbound Classics
- Author: Tzu, Sun
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1398827401
- Language: English
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Bathhouse and Other Tanka
$17.95 Add to cart“Only when a man becomes all naked do you know the shades of his life as an existential being,” writes Tatsuhiko Ishii in his sensuous, exhilarating new collection of poetry Bathhouse and Other Tanka…. [more below]
- Author: Tatsuhiko, Ishii
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0811231348
- Language: English
