Chronological Period/Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
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Heracles and Other Plays
$10.95 Add to cartEuripides wrote about timeless themes, of friendship and enmity, hope and despair, duty and betrayal. The first three plays in this volume are imbued with an atmosphere of violence, while the fourth, … [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Euripides
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 15 2008
- ISBN10: 0199555095
- Language: English
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The Plays and Fragments
$10.95 Add to cartThe greatest writer of Greek New Comedy and the founding father of European comedy, Menander (c.341-290 BC) wrote over one hundred plays, of which only one complete play and substantial fragments of o… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Menander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 15 2008
- ISBN10: 019954073X
- Language: English
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Repetition and Philosophical Crumbs
$15.95 Add to cart“The love of repetition is in truth the only happy love.” So says Constantine Constantius on the first page of Kierkegaard’s Repetition. Life itself, according to Kierkegaard’s pseudonymous narrator, … [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Kierkegaard, Soren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0199214190
- 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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Oedipus the King: Sophocles
$11.99 Add to cartBased on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New T… [more below]
- Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations (Paperback)
- Author: Sophocles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 114
- Publish Date: March 31 1988
- ISBN10: 0195054938
- Language: English
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Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World’s First Author
$22.00 Add to cartThe complete poems of the priestess Enheduana, the world’s first known author, newly translated from the original Sumerian
“Helle’s translation feels urgent, incandescent, stripped of academic claddi- Author: Helle, Sophus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0300276761
- Language: English
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Constantine the Emperor
$28.99 Add to cartNo Roman emperor had a greater impact on the modern world than did Constantine. The reason is not simply that he converted to Christianity, but that he did so in a way that brought his subjects along … [more below]
- Author: Potter, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0190231629
- Language: English
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Utopia
$12.00 Add to cartA major new translation of Thomas More’s popular work of philosophical fiction
In his most famous and controversial book, Utopia, Thomas More imagines a perfect island nation where thousands live in p- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: More, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: December 24 2012
- ISBN10: 0141442328
- Language: English
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Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt
$21.99 Add to cartWorld-renowned Egyptologist Barbara Mertz explores the reality behind the bestselling fiction she writes (as Elizabeth Peters) and casts a dazzling light on a remarkable civilization.
Afascinating chro
- Author: Mertz, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 28 2019
- ISBN10: 0061252778
- Language: English
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Jesus: A New Vision
$29.95 Add to cartJesus: A New Vision is a completely new look at the life of Jesus, what happened after his crucifixion and how his story completely overturned the old pagan religion of the Roman empire and altered hi
- Author: Strieber, Whitley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: February 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1734202858
- Language: English
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The War for Gaul: A New Translation
$16.95 Add to cartA translation that captures the power of one of the greatest war stories ever told-Julius Caesar’s account of his brutal campaign to conquer Gaul
Imagine a book about an unnecessary war written by the- Author: Caesar, Julius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: July 13 2021
- ISBN10: 069121669X
- Language: English
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Roman Emperors: A Captivating Guide to Augustus, Tiberius, Nero, Constantine the Great, and Justinian I
$29.99 Add to cartIf you want to discover the captivating lives of five Roman Emperors, then keep reading…
Five captivating manuscripts in one book:
- Augustus: A Captivating Guide to the First Emperor of Rome and How
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: April 26 2020
- ISBN10: 1647486823
- Language: English
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Rameses III, King of Egypt: His Life and Afterlife
$40.83 Read moreMaster story-teller and renowned Egyptologist, Aiden Dodson, reveals the secrets of Rameses III, in this fully-illustrated, accessible history, the first to exclusively cover this last great pharaoh, … [more below]
- Author: Dodson, Aidan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 19 2019
- ISBN10: 9774169409
- Language: English
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Oedipus and Akhnaton: Myth and History
$21.99 Add to cartWho hasn’t heard of him – Oedipus, the tragic figure from Greek mythology whose shocking fate has moved so many generations, inspired so many writers and even found his way into modern psychology thro
- Author: Velikovsky, Immanuel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 218
- Publish Date: August 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1906833184
- Language: English
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Introduction to Maat Philosophy: Introduction to Maat Philosophy: Ancient Egyptian Ethics & Metaphysics
$21.95 Add to cartINTRODUCTION TO MAAT PHILOSOPHY: Spiritual Enlightenment Through the Path of Virtue Known as Karma Yoga in India, the teachings of MAAT for living virtuously and with orderly wisdom are explained and … [more below]
- Series: Spiritual Enlightenment Through the Path of Virtue
- Author: Ashby, Muata
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 188
- Publish Date: January 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1884564208
- Language: English
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The Serpent Power: The Ancient Egyptian Mystical Wisdom of the Inner Life Force
$22.95 Add to cartTHE SERPENT POWER: The Ancient Egyptian Mystical Wisdom of the Inner Life Force. This volume shows how the discipline of spiritual evolution through life force cultivation-known as Kundalini in India-… [more below]
- Author: Ashby, Muata
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1884564194
- Language: English
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Scipio Africanus: Rome’s Greatest General
$36.95 Add to cartThe world often misunderstands its greatest men while neglecting others entirely. Scipio Africanus, surely the greatest general that Rome produced, suffered both these fates. Today scholars celebrate … [more below]
- Author: Gabriel, Richard A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 326
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1597972053
- Language: English
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The Art and Life of Fukuda Kodojin: Japan’s Great Poet and Landscape Artist
$39.99 Add to cartThe most comprehensive book on Kodojin’s art ever published–beautiful and mysterious–a collection of more than 100 paintings with English translations of the inscribed poems.
The Art and Life of Fuk- Author: Marks, Andreas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 4805317779
- Language: English
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Meditations
$9.99 Add to cartMarcus Aurelius, one of the great rulers of the Roman Empire, sets forth a series of self-reflective essays intended as a guide for his own self-improvement. Written during the turning points of his l
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 12 2022
- ISBN10: 9235568390
- Language: English
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African History & Hoodoo: Connect to The Ancient Spirit of Africa and Explore The Timeline, Culture, Roots, Spells, & More From The World’s Rich
$22.99 Add to cartExplore The World of African History, Mythology & Hoodoo
Journey through centuries of fascinating figures, kingdoms and events that have shaped Africa and learn all about the mystical world of Hoodoo
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- Author: Brought Alive, History
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 266
- Publish Date: June 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1088168663
- Language: English
