Interdisciplinary Studies/Classics
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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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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 Iliad
$25.00 Add to cartChiltern Publishing creates the most beautiful editions of the World’s finest literature. Your favorite classic titles in a way you have never seen them before; the tactile layers, fine details and be
- Series: Chiltern Classic
- Author: Homer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1914602102
- Language: English
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Fasti
$11.95 Add to cart“Times and their reasons, arranged in order through the Latin year, and constellations sunk beneath the earth and risen, I shall sing.”
Ovid’s poetical calendar of the Roman year is both a day-by-day a… [more below]- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Ovid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 06 2013
- ISBN10: 0192824112
- Language: English
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The Iliad
$8.99 Read moreDeemed as Homer’s timeless masterpiece, The Iliad is an ancient Greek epic poem that tells the story of the Trojan War and the heroism of warriors on both sides. With a stunning cover design and insi
- Author: Homer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 02 2016
- ISBN10: 8175993448
- Language: English
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Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero
$18.00 Read moreFrom acclaimed classical historian, author of Ghost on the Throne a high-stakes drama full of murder, madness, tyranny, perversion, with the sweep of history on the grand scale.
At the center, the tum- Author: Romm, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 02 2014
- ISBN10: 0307743748
- Language: English
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Mystery Cults in the Ancient World
$18.95 Add to cartMystery cults are one of the most intriguing areas of Greek and Roman religion. In the nocturnal mysteries at Eleusis, participants dramatically reenacted the story of Demeter’s loss and recovery of h
- Author: Bowden, Hugh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0500297274
- Language: English
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Mystery Cults in the Ancient World
$18.95 Read moreMystery cults are one of the most intriguing areas of Greek and Roman religion. In the nocturnal mysteries at Eleusis, participants dramatically reenacted the story of Demeter’s loss and recovery of h
- Author: Bowden, Hugh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0500297274
- Language: English
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Marcus Aurelius: A Life
$24.99 Add to cartMarcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) is one of the great figures of antiquity who still speaks to us today, more than two thousand years after his death. His Meditations has been compared by John Stuart Mill … [more below]
- Author: McLynn, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: August 10 2010
- ISBN10: 0306819163
- Language: English
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Alexander the Great: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAlexander the Great became king of Macedon in 336 BC, when he was only 20 years old, and died at the age of 32, twelve years later. During his reign he conquered the Achaemenid Persian Empire, the lar… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Bowden, Hugh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0198706154
- Language: English
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Theaetetus
$15.95 Add to cart‘What exactly is knowledge?’
The Theaetetus is a seminal text in the philosophy of knowledge, and is acknowledged as one of Plato’s finest works. Cast as a conversation between Socrates and a clever b- Series: Oxford Worlds Classics
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0199646163
- Language: English
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Dividing the Spoils: The War for Alexander the Great’s Empire
$22.99 Add to cartAlexander the Great conquered an enormous empire–stretching from Greece to the Indian subcontinent–and his death triggered forty bloody years of world-changing events. These were years filled with h… [more below]
- Series: Ancient Warfare and Civilization
- Author: Waterfield, Robin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0199931526
- Language: English
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The Greek and Roman Myths: A Guide to the Classical Stories
$25.95 Add to cartWho was Pandora and what was in her famous box? How did Achilles get his Achilles heel? What exactly is a Titan? And why is one computer virus known as a Trojan horse?
The myths of ancient Greece and … [more below]
- Series: Myths
- Author: Matyszak, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 15 2010
- ISBN10: 0500251738
- Language: English
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History of Ancient Egypt
$45.00 Add to cartThe ancient world comes to life in the first volume in a two book series on the history of Egypt, spanning the first farmers to the construction of the pyramids. Famed archaeologist John Romer draws o… [more below]
- Series: History of Ancient Egypt #1
- Author: Romer, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: August 20 2013
- ISBN10: 1250030110
- Language: English
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By the Spear: Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Rise and Fall of the Macedonian Empire
$23.99 Add to cartAlexander the Great, arguably the most exciting figure from antiquity, waged war as a Homeric hero and lived as one, conquering native peoples and territories on a superhuman scale. From the time he i… [more below]
- Series: Ancient Warfare and Civilization
- Author: Worthington, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0190614641
- Language: English
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The Republic: The Influential Classic
$15.00 Add to cartThe newest deluxe edition in the bestselling Capstone Classics Series
This ancient classic has had a make-over. In recent years these Capstone Classic deluxe editions have caught the book buying publi
- Series: Capstone Classics #16
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 14 2012
- ISBN10: 0857083139
- Language: English
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The Poems of Catullus
$13.95 Add to cartOf all Greek and Latin poets Catullus is perhaps the most accessible to the modern reader. Dealing candidly with the basic human emotions of love and hate, his virile, personal tone exerts a powerful … [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Catullus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0199537577
- Language: English
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The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times
$19.95 Add to cartThe fascinating story of how the fossils of dinosaurs, mammoths, and other extinct animals influenced some of the most spectacular creatures of classical mythology
Griffins, Centaurs, Cyclopes, and Gi- Author: Mayor, Adrienne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0691245606
- Language: English
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How to Win an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians
$18.95 Add to cartA primer on campaigning in ancient Rome that reads like a strategy memo from a modern political consultant
How to Win an Election is an ancient Roman guide for campaigning that is as up-to-date as tom- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Cicero, Quintus Tullius
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 13 2012
- ISBN10: 0691154082
- Language: English
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The Iliad: A New Translation by Peter Green
$21.18 Add to cartOne of the oldest extant works of Western literature, the Iliad is a timeless epic poem of great warriors trapped between their own heroic pride and the arbitrary, often vicious decisions of fate and
- Author: Homer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: February 23 2019
- ISBN10: 520281438
- Language: English
