Ancient & Classical
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
$12.00 Add to cartA great king, strong as the stars in Heaven. Enkidu, a wild and mighty hero, is created by the gods to challenge the arrogant King Gilgamesh. But instead of killing each other, the two become friends…. [more below]
- Series: Penguin Epics #01
- Author: Sandars, N. K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: December 26 2006
- ISBN10: 0141026286
- Language: English
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Greek Ancient Origins: Stories of People & Civilization
$14.99 Read moreA striking companion volume to Greek Myths and Legends, exploring the ancient origins of Ancient Greek culture, from its tribal beginnings to its foundational impact on modern life.
Gorgeous Collector- Series: Flame Tree Collector’s Editions
- Author: Powell, Lindsay
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1804175773
- Language: English
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All My Sons
$15.00 Add to cartA Penguin Classic
Joe Keller and Steve Deever, partners in a machine shop during World War II, turned out defective airplane parts, causing the deaths of many men. Deever was sent to prison while Kell- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Miller, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0141185465
- Language: English
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Bacchae
$19.99 Add to cartA bold new translation of Euripides’ shockingly modern classic work, from Forward Prize-winning poet, Robin Robertson, with a new introduction by bestselling and award-winning writer, critic and trans
- Author: Euripides
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 18 2015
- ISBN10: 0062319671
- Language: English
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The Essential Epicurus: Letters, Principal Doctrines, Vatican Sayings, and Fragments
$11.99 Add to cartEpicureanism is commonly regarded as the refined satisfaction of physical desires. As a philosophy, however, it also denoted the striving after an independent state of mind and body, imperturbability,… [more below]
- Series: Great Books in Philosophy
- Author: Epicurus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: May 01 1993
- ISBN10: 0879758104
- Language: English
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How to Think about God: An Ancient Guide for Believers and Nonbelievers
$18.95 Add to cartA vivid and accessible new translation of Cicero’s influential writings on the Stoic idea of the divine
Most ancient Romans were deeply religious and their world was overflowing with gods–from Jupite- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: November 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0691183651
- Language: English
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Birds and Other Plays
$11.95 Add to cartThis new verse translation of Aristophanes’ comedies offers one of the world’s great comic dramatists in a form that is both historically faithful and theatrically vigorous. Aristophanes’ plays were p… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Aristophanes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0199555672
- Language: English
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Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe influence of Aristotle, the prince of philosophers, on the intellectual history of the West is second to none. In this book, Jonathan Barnes examines Aristotle’s scientific researches, his discove… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #32
- Author: Barnes, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 18 2001
- ISBN10: 0192854089
- Language: English
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Nicomachean Ethics
$11.00 Read moreHailed by Dante as “the master of those who know,” the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) surveyed every field of learning known to the ancient world and pioneered the sciences of psychology a… [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 04 1998
- ISBN10: 486400964
- Language: English
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How to Be a Farmer: An Ancient Guide to Life on the Land
$16.95 Add to cartA delightful anthology of classical Greek and Roman writings celebrating country living–ranging from a philosophy of compost to hymns to the gods of agriculture
Whether you farm or garden, live in th- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Usher, M. D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0691211744
- Language: English
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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
