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Humphries has rendered (Ovid's) love poetry with conspicuous success into English which is neither obtrusively colloquial nor awkwardly antique....

The power and the beauty of The Iliad resound again across 2,700 years in Stephen Mitchell's exciting new translation....

In these 12 lectures, you'll explore the continuing influence of the classical Greek achievement on contemporary life....

The incredible saga of Hannibal and his invasion of Italy in 218 B.C. is the subject of this third volume of Livy's magnificent history....

Plato's dialogue, Critias, recalls the story of Atlantis attempting to conquer Athens. In ancient times, the Earth was divide by the gods. Atlantis, allotted to Poseidon, becomes corrupt over time, and Zeus must take matters into his own hands....

Iamblichus' famous biography of Pythagoras, which has been republished by the MSAC Philosophy Group....

Legends tell of an unknown, hidden country where King Solomon's treasure is secreted. Many have searched for Solomon's diamonds and have never returned....

This audiobook contains the most exciting and essential parts of the Iliad, capturing the final 50 days of the Trojan war and bringing to life ancient men and heroic battles....

Sophocles was born at Colonus, near Athens in about 496 BC and is considered to be one of the premier playwrights of Greek tragedy. His stories may have been filled with strife....

This highly regarded volume features a modern translation of all ten books of The Republic. Translated by Raymond Larson....

In his dialogues, the Stoic philosopher Seneca outlines his thoughts on how to live in a troubled world. Tutor to the young emperor Nero, Seneca wrote practical philosophical exercises that draw upon contemporary Roman life and illuminate the intellectual concerns of the day....

In The Oresteia, Aeschylus dramatizes the myth of the curse on the royal house of Argos....

How to think clearly, act purposefully, overcome any obstacle, and find peace and happiness along the way....

After the death of their father, Oedipus, Antigone and Ismene return to Thebes. The ruler is their unyielding uncle by marriage, Creon....

This tale of a man who, when tinkering with magic, becomes changed into an ass is one of the most entertaining and remarkable stories from classic Latin literature....

Compiled by Thucydides, an Athenian historian and general during the Peloponnesian War....

Lucretius' aim was to free the Roman world from its two great terrors - the gods and death. But On the Nature of Things is also a poem of striking imagery....

Pindar was one of the greatest lyric poets of ancient Greece....

"Midway on our life's journey, I found myself in dark woods, the right road lost. To tell about those woods..."

The great poetic tradition of pre-Christian Scandinavia is known to us almost exclusively though the Prose Edda, a collection of narrative literature, and its companion, the Poetic Edda....