Ancient & Classical
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Classical Chinese Poetry: An Anthology
$26.00 Add to cartWith this groundbreaking collection Classical Chinese Poetry, translated and edited by the renowned poet and translator David Hinton, a new generation will be introduced to the work that riveted Ezra
- Author: Hinton, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: February 02 2010
- ISBN10: 0374531900
- Language: English
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Paradise
$18.00 Add to cart“If there is any justice in the world of books, Esolen’s] will be the standard Dante . . . for some time to come.”-Robert Royal, Crisis
In this, the concluding volume of The Divine Comedy, Dante asce- Series: Divine Comedy
- Author: Alighieri, Dante
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: February 13 2007
- ISBN10: 0812977262
- Language: English
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How to Keep an Open Mind: An Ancient Guide to Thinking Like a Skeptic
$16.95 Add to cartHow ancient skepticism can help you attain tranquility by learning to suspend judgment
Along with Stoicism and Epicureanism, Skepticism is one of the three major schools of ancient Greek philosophy th- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Empiricus, Sextus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: April 13 2021
- ISBN10: 069120604X
- Language: English
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Aristotle for Everybody
$18.99 Add to cartAristotle (384 – 322 B.C.) taught logic to Alexander the Great and, by virtue of his philosophical works, to every philosopher since, from Marcus Aurelius, to Thomas Aquinas, to Mortimer J. Adler. Now… [more below]
- Author: Adler, Mortimer J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0684838230
- Language: English
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How to Grieve: An Ancient Guide to the Lost Art of Consolation
$18.95 Add to cartAn engaging new translation of a timeless masterpiece about coping with the death of a loved one
In 45 BCE, the Roman statesman Cicero fell to pieces when his beloved daughter, Tullia, died from compl- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0691220328
- Language: English
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Oedipus Cycle PB
$16.99 Add to cartAward-winning poet and playwright Robert Bagg offers a set of exciting and authentic new translations of Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Kolonos, and Antigone–together known as The Oedipus Cycle.
One of
- Author: Sophocles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 28 2012
- ISBN10: 0062119990
- Language: English
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Phaedrus
$12.00 Add to cartPhaedrus is widely recognized as one of Plato’s most profound and beautiful works. It takes the form of a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus and its ostensible subject is love, especially homoerot… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 27 2005
- ISBN10: 0140449744
- Language: English
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Medea
$14.99 Add to cartThe old songs will have to change. No more hymns to our faithlessness and deceit. Apollo, god of song, lord of the lyre, never passed on the flame of poetry to us. But if we had that voice, what songs… [more below]
- Author: Euripides
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 06 2009
- ISBN10: 1416592253
- Language: English
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How to Care about Animals: An Ancient Guide to Creatures Great and Small
$18.95 Add to cartAn entertaining and enlightening anthology of classical Greek and Roman writings on animals–and our vital relationships with them
How to Care about Animals is a fascinating menagerie of passages from- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Usher, M. D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0691240434
- Language: English
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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 Add to cartA 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 Add to cartHow 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?
I- Series: Wooden Books North America Editions
- 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
