Odyssey

by Homer

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By its evocation of a real or imaged heroic age, its contrasts of character and its variety of adventure, above all by its sheer narrative power, the Odyssey has won and preserved its place among the greatest tales in the world. It tells of Odysseus' adventurous wanderings as he returns from the long war at Troy to his home in the Greek island of Ithaca, where his wife Penelope and his son Telemac
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Iliad

by Homer and Robert Fagles

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Humans and gods wrestling with towering emotions. Men fighting to the death amidst the devastation and destruction of the Trojan War. To this day, the heroism and adventure in The Iliad have remained unmatched in song and story.
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin

by Louis De Bernieres and De Berni

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Extravagant, inventive, emotionally sweeping,Captain Corelli's Mandolinis the story of a timeless place that one day wakes up to find itself in the jaws of history. The place is the Greek island of Cephallonia, where gods once dabbled in the affairs of men and the local saint periodically rises from his sarcophagus to cure the mad. Then the tide of World War II rolls onto the island's shores in th
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Histories

by Herodotus

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"The father of history," as Cicero called him, and a writer possessed of remarkable narrative gifts, enormous scope, and considerable charm, Herodotus has always been beloved by readers well-versed in the classics. Compelled by his desire to "prevent the traces of human events from beingerased by time," Herotodus recounts the incidents preceding and following the Persian Wars. He gives us much mor
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History Of The Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition

by Thucydides

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'My work is not a piece of writing designed to meet the taste of an immediate public, but was done to last forever.' Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling its author's ambitious claim. Thucydides himself (c.460-400 BC) was an Athenian and achiev
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Middlesex

by Jeffrey Eugenides

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'I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day of January 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of l974 ...;My birth certificate lists my name as Calliope Helen Stephanides. My most recent driver's license ...; records my first name simply as Cal.' So begins the breathtaking story of Calliope Stephanid
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Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus The King, And Oedipus At Colonus

by Sophocles

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Introduction and notes by Bernard Knox
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Republic

by Plato

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Famous philosophical treatise of the 4th century BC concerns itself chiefly with the idea of justice, as well as such Platonic theories as that of ideas, the criticism of poetry, and the philosopher's role. Source of the famous cave myth and prototype for other imaginary commonwealths, including those of Cicero, St. Augustine, and More. Benjamin Jowett translation.
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Orestia

by Aeschylus

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One of the founding documents of Western culture and the only surviving ancient Greek trilogy, the "Oresteia of Aeschylus is one of the great tragedies of all time.
The three plays of the "Oresteia portray the bloody events that follow the victorious return of King Agamemnon from the Trojan War, at the start of which he had sacrificed his daughter Iphigeneia to secure divine favor. After Iphig
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Greek Way

by Edith Hamilton

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"Five hundred years before Christ in a little town on the far western border of the settled and civilizaed world, a strange new power was at work. . . . Athens had entered upon her brief and magnificent flowering of genius which so molded the world of mind and of spirit that our mind and spirit today are different. . . . What was then produced of art and of thought has never been surpasses and ver
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Greeks

by Kitto and Humphrey Davy Findley Kitto

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Euthyphro, Apology Of Socrates, And Crito

by Plato

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Mythology: Timeless Tales Of Gods And Heroes

by Edith Hamilton

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MONSTERS, MORTALS, GODS, AND WARRIORS

For over fifty years readers have chosen this book above all others to discover the thrilling, enchanting, and fascinating world of Western mythology. From Odysseus's adventure-filled journey to the Norse god Odin's effort to postpone the final day of doom, Edith Hamilton's classic collection not only retells these stories with brilliant clarity but shows us
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My Family And Other Animals

by Gerald Durrell

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When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they do what any sensible family would do: sell their house and relocate to the sunny Greek isle of Corfu. "My Family and Other Animals" was intended to embrace the natural history of the island but ended up as a delightful account of Durrells familys experiences, from the many eccentric hangers-on to the c
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Magus

by John Fowles

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A man trapped in a millionare's deadly game of political and sexual betrayal. Filled with shocks and chilling surprises,The Magusis a masterwork of contemporary literature. In it, a young Englishman, Nicholas Urfe, accepts a teaching position on a Greek island where his friendship with the owner of the islands most magnificent estate leads him into a nightmare. As reality and fantasy are delibera
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Greek Myths: Combined Edition

by Graves and Robert Graves

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Combines in a single volume the complete text of the definitive two-volume classic, citing all the ancient myths.
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D'aulaires Book Of Greek Myths

by D'aulaire

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"For any child fortunate enough to have this  generous book...the kings and heroes of ancient  legend will remain forever matter-of-fact; the  pictures interpret the text literally and are full of  detail and witty observation."--Horn  Book. "The drawings...are excellent  and excitingly evocative."--The New  York Times. From
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Faber Classics Zorba The Greek

by Kazantzakis

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Portrait of a modern hero whose capacity to live each moment to its fullest is revealed in a series of adventures in Crete.
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Gates Of Fire

by Steven Pressfield

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Thousands of years ago, Herodotus and Plutarch immortalized Spartan society in their histories; but today, little is left of the ancient city or the social structure of this momentous culture.  One of the few antiquarian marks of the civilization that has survived lies scores of miles away from Sparta, at a narrow Greek mountain pass called Thermopylae. It was there that three hundred o
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Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide To The Peloponnesian War

by Robert B. Strassler

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Thucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta "a possession for all time," and indeed it is the first and still the most famous work in the Western historical tradition. Considered essential reading for generals, statesmen, and liberally educated citizens for more than 2,000 years, "The Peloponnesian War" is a mine of military, moral, political, and philosophical wi
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