Cultural Region/Greece
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The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories
$35.00 Add to cart“The most densely annotated, richly illustrated, and user friendly edition” of the greatest classical work of history ever written (Daniel Mendelsohn, The New Yorker)–from the editor of the widely pr
- Series: Landmark Books
- Author: Herodotus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1024
- Publish Date: June 02 2009
- ISBN10: 1400031141
- Language: English
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The Iliad of Homer
$18.00 Add to cart“Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus’ son Achilleus / and its devastation.” For sixty years, that’s how Homer has begun the Iliad in English, in Richmond Lattimore’s faithful translation–the gold stan
- Author: Homer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: November 15 2011
- ISBN10: 0226470490
- Language: English
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Aesop’s Fables Hardcover: The Classic Edition by Acclaimed Illustrator, Charles Santore
$19.99 Add to cartRevive your childhood wonder and fascination with the most exquisitely illustrated edition of Aesop’s Fables–featuring breathtaking original artwork by acclaimed illustrator Charles Santore!
Captivati
- Series: Classic Edition
- Author: Aesop
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: September 25 2018
- ISBN10: 1604338105
- Language: English
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Heroes: The Greek Myths Reimagined
$35.00 Add to cartIn this sequel to the bestselling Mythos, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry moves from the exploits of the Olympian gods to the deeds of mortal heroes.
Perseus. Jason. Atalanta. Theseus. Heracle- Series: Stephen Fry’s Greek Myths
- Author: Fry, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 02 2020
- ISBN10: 1797201867
- Language: English
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The Secret History of the World
$26.00 Add to cartA New York Times bestseller, Mark Booth’s The Secret History of the World is “an entire library’s worth of scholarship [in] a single volume” (San Francisco Gate).
“Authentically mind-boggling.” —Kirk- Author: Booth, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: February 23 2010
- ISBN10: 1590201620
- Language: English
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Sophocles, the Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
$17.99 Add to cartThe critically acclaimed Fitts and Fitzgerald translation of Sophocles’ Oedipus Cycle that chronicles the tragic downfall of the royal family of Thebes.
The ancient myth of Oedipus, which still reverb… [more below]
- Series: Harvest Book
- Author: Sophocles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 01 2002
- ISBN10: 015602764X
- Language: English
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Theogony and Works and Days
$11.95 Add to cartThis new, fully-annotated translation by a leading expert on Hesiodic poems combines accuracy with readability and includes an introduction and explanatory notes on these two works by one of the oldes… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Hesiod
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: July 26 2009
- ISBN10: 019953831X
- Language: English
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Four Texts on Socrates: Plato’s Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito and Aristophanes’ Clouds
$17.95 Add to cartWidely adopted for classroom use, this book offers translations of four major works of ancient Greek literature which treat the life and thought of Socrates, focusing particularly on his trial and def
- Author: West, Thomas G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 15 1998
- ISBN10: 0801485746
- Language: English
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Mythos
$35.00 Add to cartMythos is a modern collection of Greek myths, stylishly retold by legendary writer, actor, and comedian Stephen Fry. Fry transforms the adventures of Zeus and the Olympians into emotionally resonant a… [more below]
- Series: Stephen Fry’s Greek Myths
- Author: Fry, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 27 2019
- ISBN10: 1452178917
- Language: English
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Discourses and Selected Writings
$18.00 Add to cartA new translation of the influential teachings of the great Stoic philosopher
Despite being born into slavery, Greco-Roman philosopher Epictetus became one of the most influential thinkers of his time- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: ?pict?te
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 25 2008
- ISBN10: 0140449469
- Language: English
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Discourses, Fragments, Handbook
$17.95 Add to cart‘About things that are within our power and those that are not.’
Epictetus’ Discourses have been the most widely read and influential of all writings of Stoic philosophy, from antiquity onwards. They- Series: Oxford Worlds Classics
- Author: Epictetus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0199595186
- Language: English
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If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
$20.00 Add to cartIn this “gorgeous translation” (The New York Times), one of our most fearless and original poets provides a tantalizing window onto the genius of a woman whose lyric power spans millennia.
Of the nine… [more below]- Series: Vintage Contemporaries
- Author: Sappho
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 12 2003
- ISBN10: 0375724516
- Language: English
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Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth
$18.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author Natalie Haynes returns to the world of ancient Greek myth in this scintillating follow-up to Pandora’s Jar.
Few writers today have reshaped our view of the ancient Gre
- Author: Haynes, Natalie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 02, 2024
- ISBN10: 0063314673
- Language: English
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The Ancient City – Imperium Press
$20.95 Add to cartIn The Ancient City, Fustel de Coulanges hands us the skeleton key unlocking classical civilization–the Indo-European domestic cult–showing this archaic religion to be the engine behind the rise and
- Series: Traditionalist Histories
- Author: Fustel de Coulanges, Numa Denis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 366
- Publish Date: March 05, 2020
- ISBN10: 0648690547
- Language: English
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The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus
$17.00 Add to cartThe heroic Greek dramas that have moved theatergoers and readers since the fifth century B.C.
Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, the three plays that tell the story of the fated Theban royal fam- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Sophocle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 07 1984
- ISBN10: 0140444254
- Language: English
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Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods
$12.99 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR
A publisher in New York asked me to write down what I know about the Greek gods, and I was like, Can we do this anonymously? Because I don’t need the Olympians mad… [more below]- Author: Riordan, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 23, 2016
- ISBN10: 1484712374
- Language: English
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Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes
$12.99 Add to cartFrom New York Times best-selling author, Rick Riordan, comes the companion to PERCY JACKSON’S GREEK GODS, now in paperback.
The son of Poseidon returns to give readers his unique and unforgettable insi… [more below]- Author: Riordan, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: February 21, 2017
- ISBN10: 1484776437
- Language: English
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The Iliad
$39.95 Add to cartWhen Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017–revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was “fresh, unpretentious and lean” (Madeline Miller, Washington Post)–critics
- Author: Homer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 848
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 1324001801
- Language: English
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Understanding Greek Myths
$11.95 Add to cartIn this colorful book, students will learn about the roles and relationships of the heroes and gods in ancient Greek myths and legends. Several ancient Greek myths are retold, describing how these sto… [more below]
- Series: Myths Understood (Crabtree)
- Author: Hyde, Natalie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 30 2012
- ISBN10: 0778745147
- Language: English
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The Wanderings of Odysseus: The Story of the Odyssey
$8.99 Add to cartFor Greek myth fans, those who can’t get enough of the D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths, and readers who have aged out of Rick Riordan, this classroom staple and mythology classic is perfect for learni… [more below]
- Author: Sutcliff, Rosemary
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: December 13, 2005
- ISBN10: 0553494821
- Language: English
