Ancient & Classical

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The latest edition of this highly praised anthology of ancient Egyptian literature offers fresh translations of all the texts as well as some twenty-five ne...

Among surviving Greek tragedies only Euripides' Trojan Women shows us the extinction of a whole city, an entire people. Despite its grim theme, or more like...

The Greek writer Lysias is a fascinating source for the study of Athenian law, society and history in the late fifth century B.C. Six of his professional le...

The Romans conquered most of the known world and detailed their conquests in calm, unapologetic histories. They were a supremely urbane people who longed p...

The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offers timeless guidance for a turbulent world.Like us, Roman Emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius lived through a wor...

A preeminent medievalist presents a wonderful catalog of real and fanciful beasts, including the manticore, griffin, phoenix, amphivius, jaculus, and many o...

Sun Tzu's 2,500-year-old masterpiece, The Art of War, is one of the oldest and most-read military treatises in the world. This succinct text, which details ...

From Achilles's heel to the sword of Damocles, Western culture teems with allusions from the rich heritage of classical literature, and this new edition o...

Crossley-Holland--the widely acclaimed translator of Old English texts--introduces the Anglo-Saxons through their chronicles, laws, letters, charters, and...

Among The Most Important And Influential Philosophical Works In Western Thought: Euthyphro, Exploring The Concepts And Aims Of Piety And Religion; Apology, ...

A Brand-new Translation Of The World's Greatest Satirist. With A Signature Style That Is At Once Bawdy And Delicate, As Well As A Fearless Penchant For Lamp...

Narrative is an important element in our daily life and the novel is arguably the most popular genre of our times. The theory of narrative or narratology, w...

Sophocles' Ajax Is One Of The Most Disturbing And Powerful Surviving Ancient Tragedies. But It Is Also Difficult To Understand And Interpret. What Are We To...