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By: Iamblichus
On the Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians
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On the Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians, also known as the Theurgia and under its abbreviated Latin title De Mysteriis Aegyptiorum, is a work of Neoplatonic philosophy primarily co

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- Author: Iamblichus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: March 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1960069543
- Language: English
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By: Euripides
Medea
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The Greek Tragedy in New Translations series is based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves, or who work in collaboration with poets, can properly re-create the celebrate… [more below]
- Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations (Paperback)
- Author: Euripides
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 10 2006
- ISBN10: 0195145666
- Language: English
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By: Aeschylus
Prometheus Bound and Other Plays: Prometheus Bound, the Suppliants, Seven Against Thebes, the Persians
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Aeschylus (525-456 BC) brought a new grandeur and epic sweep to the drama of classical Athens, raising it to the status of high art. In Prometheus Bound the defiant Titan Prometheus is brutally punish… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Aeschylus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 30 1961
- ISBN10: 0140441123
- Language: English
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By: Pierre Vidal-Naquet
The Masters of Truth in Archaic Greece
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The Masters of Truth in Archaic Greece traces the odyssey of “truth,” Aletheia, from mythoreligious to philosophical thought in archaic Greece. Marcel Detienne’s starting point is a simple observation… [more below]
- Series: Zone Books
- Author: Vidal-Naquet, Pierre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: January 12 1999
- ISBN10: 0942299868
- Language: English
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By: Corrigan, Robert W.
Classical Comedy: Greek and Roman: Six Plays
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Rich anthologies of dramatic art and critical insight – varied, stimulating, broad in its view and deep in its perceptions…exciting variety of translations…enlightening essays from some of the mos… [more below]
- Series: Applause Books
- Author: Corrigan, Robert W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: April 01 2000
- ISBN10: 936839856
- Language: English
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By: Aeschylus
Oresteia
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The Oresteia is the only trilogy of tragedy plays to survive from Ancient Greece. Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, and Eumenides have established the enduring themes of Greek tragedy–the inexorable natur… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Aeschylus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 15 2009
- ISBN10: 019953781X
- Language: English
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By: Annas, Julia
Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
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Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring

The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich and varied one. Julia Annas gives a succinct account of ancient Greco-Roman philosophy, emphas

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- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Annas, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0198805888
- Language: English
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By: Pablo Neruda
20 Poemas de Amor Y Una Canción Desesperada
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This book, originally published in 1924, occupies a privileged place within the vast and always current work of Pablo Neruda. It is not only one of his most popular works, but also the one that best r… [more below]
- Author: Neruda, Pablo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 6074003696
- Language: Spanish
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By: Bates, Douglas C.
Pyrrho’s Way: The Ancient Greek Version of Buddhism
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It is not events that disturb us, but what we believe about them.

In ancient Greece, a group of philosophers developed highly effective techniques to change our thoughts for the better, allowing practi

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- Author: Bates, Douglas C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 322
- Publish Date: June 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1896559565
- Language: English
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By: Beachy-Quick, Dan
The Thinking Root: The Poetry of Earliest Greek Philosophy
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Acclaimed poet and translator Dan Beachy-Quick offers this newest addition to the Seedbank series: a warm, vivid rendering of the earliest Greek intellects, inviting us to reconsider writing, and thin… [more below]
- Series: Seedbank
- Author: Beachy-Quick, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1571315446
- Language: English
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By: Donne, John
The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne
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This Modern Library edition contains all of John Donne’s great metaphysical love poetry. Here are such well-known songs and sonnets as “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning,” “The Extasie,” and “A Noctu… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library Classics
- Author: Donne, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: August 14 2001
- ISBN10: 0375757341
- Language: English
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By: Sophocles
The Complete Plays of Sophocles
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“Bagg and Scully’s renderings strike me as the most performable versions of Sophocles I’ve ever encountered…if you’re looking for the translation that best reflects the emotional force and expressiv
- Author: Sophocles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 880
- Publish Date: December 13, 2013
- ISBN10: 006202034X
- Language: English
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By: Anra, Araya
The Dragon Within
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The dragons have played a part in the history of the universe since the beginning. We see them sprinkled throughout ancient traditions, religions and philosophies and yet they always hold an air of pu

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- Author: Anra, Araya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1733098305
- Language: English
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By: Allen, Ansgar
Cynicism
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A short history of cynicism, from the fearless speech of the ancient Greeks to the jaded negativity of the present.

Everyone’s a cynic, yet few will admit it. Today’s cynics excuse themselves half-hear

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- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Allen, Ansgar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: May 05 2020
- ISBN10: 0262537885
- Language: English
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By: Alighieri, Dante
The Portable Dante
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The famed Italian poet Dante Alighieri’s two masterworks–The Divine Comedy and La Vita Nuova–in one volume

A Penguin Classic

As a philosopher, he wedded classical methods of inquiry to a Christian f

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- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Alighieri, Dante
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: July 29 2003
- ISBN10: 0142437549
- Language: English
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By: Anonymous
The Song of Roland
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On 15 August 778, Charlemagne’s army was returning from a successful expedition against Saracen Spain when its rearguard was ambushed in a remote Pyrenean pass. Out of this skirmish arose a stirring t… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Anonymous
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: December 30 1957
- ISBN10: 0140440755
- Language: English
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By: Epictetus
Enchiridion
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Although he was born into slavery and endured a permanent physical disability, Epictetus maintained that all people are free to control their lives and to live in harmony with nature. We will always b

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- Author: Epictetus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 62
- Publish Date: November 12 2018
- ISBN10: 1684115868
- Language: English
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By: Service, Robert W.
Best Tales Yukon
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In 1904, the Canadian Bank of Commerce transferred teller Robert W. Service to the Yukon Territory. Soon, he was famous as the poet who chronicled the Klondike gold rush and the savage beauty of the f… [more below]
- Author: Service, Robert W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0762414596
- Language: English
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By: Aristotle
Poetics
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Among the most influential books in Western civilization, Aristotle’s Poetics is really a treatise on fine art. In it are mentioned not only epic and dithyrambic poetry, but tragedy, comedy, and flute

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- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: March 12 1997
- ISBN10: 048629577X
- Language: English
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By: Bazzett, Michael
The Popol Vuh
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A NEW YORK TIMES BEST POETRY BOOK OF 2018
A WORLD LITERATURE TODAY NOTABLE TRANSLATION

In the beginning, the world is spoken into existence with one word: “Earth.” There are no inhabitants, and no sun–

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- Series: Seedbank #1
- Author: Bazzett, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: October 09 2018
- ISBN10: 1571314687
- Language: English