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Oxford Quick Reference eBook Series

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  • The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature

    Edited by M. C. Howatson ...
    Series series Oxford Quick Reference
    The third edition of The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature is the complete and authoritative reference guide to the classical world and its literary heritage. It not only presents the reader with all the essential facts about the authors, tales, and characters from ancient myth and literature, but it also places these details in the wider contexts of the history and society of the Greek and ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

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  • The Bhagavad Gita

    by Eknath Easwaran ...
    Series Book 1 - Easwaran's Classics of Indian Spirituality
    The Bhagavad Gita is the best known of all the Indian scriptures, and Eknath Easwaran’s best-selling translation is reliable, readable, and profound.Easwaran's 55-page introduction places the Bhagavad Gita in its historical setting, and brings out the universality and timelessness of its teachings. Chapter introductions clarify key concepts, and notes and a glossary explain Sanskrit terms.Easwaran ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mythology (75th Anniversary Illustrated Edition)

    Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes

    by Edith Hamilton, Jim Tierney ...
    This deluxe edition of the world's most beloved, bestselling classic on Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology is stunningly illustrated with specially commissioned full-color plates and a beautiful gold-bordered pages.Since its original publication in 1942, Edith Hamilton's Mythology has sold millions of copies throughout the world and established itself as a perennial bestseller. For nearly 80 years, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Oresteia

    Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides

    by Aeschylus, Robert Fagles, W. B. Stanford ...
    Translated by Robert Fagles ...
    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 Iphi-geneia ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Golden Ass

    by Apuleius ...
    Written towards the end of the second century AD, The Golden Ass tells the story of the many adventures of a young man whose fascination with witchcraft leads him to be transformed into a donkey. The bewitched Lucius passes from owner to owner - encountering a desperate gang of robbers and being forced to perform lewd 'human' tricks on stage - until the Goddess Isis finally breaks the spell and ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

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  • Lives of the Later Caesars

    One of the most controversial of all works to survive from ancient Rome, the Augustan History is our main source of information about the Roman emperors from 117 to 284 AD. Written in the late fourth century by an anonymous author, it is an enigmatic combination of truth, invention and humour. This volume contains the first half of the History, and includes biographies of every emperor from ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • On the Nature of the Universe

    by Lucretius ...
    Translated by Ronald Melville ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    `Therefore this terror and darkness of the mind Not by the sun's rays, nor the bright shafts of day, Must be dispersed, as is most necessary, But by the face of nature and her laws.' Lucretius' poem On the Nature of the Universe combines a scientific and philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry ever written. With intense moral fervour Lucretius demonstrates to humanity that in death ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Oxford Anthology of Roman Literature

    Edited by Peter E. Knox, J. C. McKeown ...
    Though the wonders of ancient Roman culture continue to attract interest across the disciplines, it is difficult to find a lively, accessible collection of the full range of the era's literature in English. The Oxford Anthology of Roman Literature provides a general introduction to the literature of the Roman empire at its zenith, between the second century BC and the second century AD. Two ... Read more

    $42.29 USD

  • Narrative and Identity in the Ancient Greek Novel

    Returning Romance

    by Tim Whitmarsh ...
    Series series Greek Culture in the Roman World
    The Greek romance was for the Roman period what epic was for the Archaic period or drama for the Classical: the central literary vehicle for articulating ideas about the relationship between self and community. This book offers a reading of the romance both as a distinctive narrative form (using a range of narrative theories) and as a paradigmatic expression of identity (social, sexual and ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • The 25 Most Famous People of Ancient Greece - Ancient Greece History | Children's Ancient History

    by Baby Professor ...
    Ancient Greece was home to philosophers, mathematicians and other great minds who shaped civilization. You're going to meet 25 of them in the pages of this ancient history book for kids. It is hoped that by the end of this book, you will develop a sense of gratitude for all the contributions of these famous people. Who do you think made the most significant mark in history? ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Horace: Satires Book I

    by Horace ...
    Series Book 1 - Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
    Horace's first book of Satires is his debut work, a document of one man's self-fashioning on the cusp between republic and empire, and a pivotal text in the history of Roman satire. It wrestles with the problem of how to define and assimilate satire and justifies the poet's own position in a suspicious society. The commentary gives full weight to the dense texture of these poems while helping ... Read more

    $34.49 USD

  • Mencius

    A New Translation Arranged and Annotated For The General Reader

    Series series Heritage
    Most educated Westerners are familiar with the thinkers and prophets who inform the Western spirit. But they are less familiar with the thinkers who have shaped the major oriental civilizations. The heirs of these ancient civilizations are now once again in the ascendant. We must understand the ways and thoughts that condition their conduct. The Works of Mencius provides an admirable insight into ... Read more

    $27.39 USD