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  • Frogs and Other Plays

    by Aristophanes, Shomit Dutta ...
    The master of ancient Greek comic drama, Aristophanes combined slapstick, humour and cheerful vulgarity with acute political observations. In The Frogs, written during the Peloponnesian War, Dionysus descends to the Underworld to bring back a poet who can help Athens in its darkest hour, and stages a great debate to help him decide between the traditional wisdom of Aeschylus and the brilliant ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

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  • Lysistrata and Other Plays

    by Aristophanes ...
    Translated by Alan H. Sommerstein ...
    The Acharnians/The Clouds/Lysistrata'We women have the salvation of Greece in our hands'Writing at a time of political and social crisis in Athens, the ancient Greek comic playwright Aristophanes was an eloquent, yet bawdy, challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. In Lysistrata and The Acharnians, two pleas for an end to the long war between Athens and Sparta, a band of women on a sex strike ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Birds and Other Plays

    by Aristophanes ...
    Translated by Alan H. Sommerstein, David Barrett ...
    The plays in this volume all contain Aristophanes' trademark bawdy comedy and dazzling verbal agility. In THE BIRDS, two frustrated Athenians join the birds to build the utopian city of 'Much Cuckoo in the Clouds'. THE KNIGHTS is a venomous satire on Cleon, a prominent Athenian demagogue, while THE ASSEMBLY WOMEN deals with the battle of the sexes as the women of Athens infiltrate the all-male ... Read more

    $12.59 USD

  • The Iliad

    by Homer, Bernard Knox ...
    Translated by Robert Fagles ...
    The great war epic of Western literature, in a stunning translation by acclaimed classicist Robert FaglesA Penguin ClassicDating to the ninth century B.C., Homer’s timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves inexorably to the wrenching, tragic conclusion of the Trojan War. ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Histories

    by Herodotus, John Marincola ...
    Translated by Aubrey De Selincourt ...
    'The first example of non-fiction, the text that underlies the entire discipline of history ... it is above all a treasure trove' Tom HollandOne of the masterpieces of classical literature, The Histories describes how a small and quarrelsome band of Greek city states united to repel the might of the Persian empire. But while this epic struggle forms the core of his work, Herodotus' natural ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Three Theban Plays

    Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus

    by Sophocles, Bernard Knox ...
    Translated by Robert Fagles ...
    The heroic Greek dramas that have moved theatergoers and readers since the fifth century B.C.Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, the three plays that tell the story of the fated Theban royal family—Antigone, Oedipus the King and *Oedipus at Colonus—*are among the most enduring and timeless dramas ever written. Robert Fagles's authoritative and acclaimed translation conveys all of Sophocles's ... Read more

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  • Medea and Other Plays

    by Euripides ...
    Translated by John Davie ...
    Alcestis/Medea/The Children of Heracles/Hippolytus'One of the best prose translations of Euripides I have seen' Robert FaglesThis selection of plays shows Euripides transforming the titanic figures of Greek myths into recognizable, fallible human beings. Medea, in which a spurned woman takes revenge upon her lover by killing her children, is one of the most shocking of all the Greek tragedies. ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Medea

    by Euripides ...
    'Medea' is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea, and first produced in 431 BC. The plot centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in the Greek world threatened, and the revenge she takes against her husband Jason who has betrayed her for another woman. ... Read more

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  • The Complete Euripides Collection

    by Euripides ...
    Translated by Theodore Alois Buckley ...
    Karpathos publishes the greatest works of history's greatest authors and collects them to make it easy and affordable for readers to have them all at the push of a button. All of our collections include a linked table of contents.Euripides was one of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. Euripides' work is known for being even more tragic than the plays of Sophocles and ... Read more

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  • The Theater of War

    What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us Today

    by Bryan Doerries ...
    For years theater director Bryan Doerries has been producing ancient Greek tragedies for a wide range of at-risk people in society. His is the personal and deeply passionate story of a life devoted to reclaiming the timeless power of an ancient artistic tradition to comfort the afflicted.Doerries leads an innovative public health project—Theater of War—that produces ancient dramas for current and ... Read more

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  • Troy, The Iliad, The Odyssey, and More

    by Homer, Virgil, Euripides ...
    This book contains the following complete works about the fabulous, and fabled, city of Troy: Iphegenia, by Euripides The Iliad, by Homer, The Odyssey, by Homer The Aeneid, by Virgil The Fall of Troy, by Quintus Smyrnaeus (also known as Quintus of Smyrna) Queen Dido, by Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Nash The book also contains a recent satellite image of Troy, showing its position in modern-day ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Japanese Plays

    Classic Noh, Kyogen and Kabuki Works

    by A. L. Sadler ...
    Classic works from Noh, Kyogen, and Kabuki theatersNothing reflects the beauty of life as much as Japanese theater. It is here that reality is held suspended and the mind is filled with words, music, dance, and mysticism. In this groundbreaking book, Professor A.L. Sadler's translations come alive, bringing the mysteries of Noh, Kyogen, and Kabuki to modern readers worldwide. This influential ... Read more

    $13.99 USD