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1	Five Dialogues more books like this by Plato add to wishlist This second edition of 'Five Dialogues' presents Grube's distinguished translations, as revised by John Cooper for 'Plato: Complete Works'. A number of new or expanded footnotes are also included along with an updated bibliography. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.37! \| first editions
2	Republic more books like this by Plato add to wishlist In Plato?s "Republic", his most celebrated "dialogue," the philosopher condemns the justice and morality of Greek society after the trial and execution of his teacher, Socrates. Disillusioned with politics and politicians, Plato argued that civilization demanded truly enlightened government, led by philosopher-kings. He wrote that "...mankind will ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter more books like this by Thomas Cahill add to wishlist In this accessible and often entertaining survey, historian Thomas Cahill reviews the achievements of Classical Greece and its huge influence on Western civilization. Beginning with an overview of Greek history--partly as Homer presented it in the ILIAD and the ODYSSEY--he goes on to focus on the other early figures who have most influenced Greek ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Antigone more books like this by Sophocles add to wishlist Sophocles' Antigone is among the greatest and most famous of all works of Greek literature, and it is often the play that is read first, whether in Greek or in translation, by those who are beginning to study Greek tragedy. But it is by no means an easy play, and the reader requires careful guidance if he is to appreciate its subtleties and come ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Great Dialogues of Plato more books like this by Plato add to wishlist Plato wrote approximately 25 dialogues--intellectual debates on such topics as law, virtue, love, and beauty--which are normally divided into three periods: those featuring Socrates, those in which the words of Socrates are most likely Plato's own, and the last several written during Plato's later years. This translation includes the complete ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.46! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Symposium more books like this by Plato add to wishlist The Symposium is a complex piece which is perhaps as widely read as any of Plato's works apart from the Republic. However the existing standard commentaries in English do not offer much by way of help to any reader except the classicist who knows Greek; and they also tend to be light on the dialogue as a work of philosophy. This new edition aims ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.39! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times more books like this by Professor Thomas R Martin add to wishlist This compact, comprehensive and illustrated history of ancient Greece takes us from the Stone Age roots of Greek civilisation to the early Hellenistic period following the death of Alexander the Great. Thomas Martin begins with a prehistory of late Stone Age activity that provides background for the conditions of later Greek life. He then ... see all copies from $2.85! new only from $9.30! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Peloponnesian War more books like this by Donald Kagan add to wishlist Sparta vs. Athens, 5th century B.C., by a modern-day Thucydides. Historian Kagan covers history, military strategy and tactics, leadership psychology, and the human toll of war. This one-volume work is based somewhat on the author's four-volume HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Politics more books like this by Aristotle add to wishlist "The Politics" is one of Aristotle's most important works, having had an inestimable influence on political thought up until the present day. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.27! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Four Texts on Socrates: Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito, and Aristophanes' Clouds more books like this by Plato, Thomas West (Editor), Grace West (Editor) add to wishlist This book offers translations of four major works of ancient Greek literature which treat the life and thought of Socrates, focusing particularly on his trial and defense (the Platonic dialogues Euthyphro, Apology of Socrates, and Crito) and on the charges against Socrates (Aristophanes' comedy the Clouds). This is the only collection of the three ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99!
11 view cover	Complete Works more books like this by Plato, John M Cooper (Editor), D S Hutchinson (Adapted by) add to wishlist Outstanding translations by leading contemporary scholars -- many commissioned especially for this volume -- are presented here in the first single edition to include the entire surviving corpus of works attributed to Plato in antiquity. In his introductory essay, John Cooper explains the presentation of these works, discusses questions concerning ... see all copies from $32.25! new only from $49.64!
12 view cover	The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War more books like this by Thucydides, Robert B Strassler (Editor), Victor Davis Hanson (Introduction by) add to wishlist This revised edition of Richard Crawley's classic 1874 translation is enhanced with more than 100 maps, extensive annotations, brief biographies of important figures, and invaluable historical, political, and cultural background. see all copies from $6.24! new only from $11.95! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Greek Art & Archaeology more books like this by John G Pedley add to wishlist A comprehensive survey of Greek art covering 3,000 years. see all copies from $2.62! new only from $42.00! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Oedipus Rex more books like this by Sophocles add to wishlist 'Sophocles, in a play that won only second prize, created a masterpiece that in the eyes of posterity has overshadowed every other achievement in the field of ancient drama. In it he played on certain latent terrors that are part of man's nature in all kinds of societies and at all epochs; terrors whose influence may pervade our lives in ways we ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Archimedes Codex: How a Medieval Prayer Book Is Revealing the True Genius of Antiquity's Greatest Scientist more books like this by Reviel Netz, William Noel add to wishlist At a Christies auction in October 1998, a battered medieval manuscript sold for two million dollars to an anonymous bidder, who then turned it over to the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore for further study. The manuscript was a palimpsest-a book made from an earlier codex whose script had been scraped off and the pages used again. Behind the ... see all copies from $2.50! new only from $5.10! \| SVS
16 view cover	Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West more books like this by Tom Holland add to wishlist Holland's new work describes the very first "clash of empires" between East and West. Revealing extraordinary parallels between the ancient world and the present, this history takes in the entire sweep of the Persian Wars. see all copies from $2.09! new only from $8.48! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Greek Way more books like this by Edith Hamilton add to wishlist The aim of this work is not a history of events but an account of the achievement and spirit of Greece. Edith Hamilton is also the author of "The Roman Way". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Trial and Death of Socrates: Four Dialogues more books like this by Plato, Prof. Benjamin Jowett (Translator) add to wishlist Among the most important and influential philosophical works in Western thought: the dialogues entitled "Euthyphro, Apology, Crito" and "Phaedo." Translations by distinguished classical scholar Benjamin Jowett. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
19 view cover	A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War more books like this by Victor Davis Hanson add to wishlist Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and military historian who has written on wars both ancient and modern. (He is also said to be a Washington insider and Bushcon.) In A WAR LIKE NO OTHER he tells the story of the long war between Athens and Sparta, which we know about primarily from the great historian Thucydides. Applying contemporary terms ... see all copies from $6.95! new only from $9.78! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Aristotle for Everybody more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler add to wishlist Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) taught logic to Alexander the Great and, by virtue of his philosophical works, to every philosopher since. Here, the 20th century's Mortimer J. Adler instructs the world in Aristotelian logic. By encouraging readers to think philosophically, Adler offers us a unique path to personal insights and understanding of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| SVS
21 view cover	The Nature of Alexander more books like this by Mary Renault, PSE add to wishlist More has been written about Alexander the Great than any other figure in history. Like his boyhood hero, Achilles, he traded long life for lasting fame. King of Macedonia before he was twenty, Alexander went on to become the greatest conqueror of the ancient world, inspiring legends in his lifetime and after his death. Every age has interpreted ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War more books like this by Robert B Strassler (Editor), Victor Davis Hanson (Introduction by) add to wishlist Much of our knowledge of the Peloponnesian War--the 27-year conflict between Athens and Sparta--is derived from this classic text. Sparta emerged victorious, and it dominated Greece for several decades afterward. see all copies from $19.89! new only from $27.83! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Campaigns of Alexander more books like this by Arrian, Aubrey De Selincourt (Translator), J R Hamilton (Notes by) add to wishlist Although written over four hundred years after Alexander's death, Arrian's account of the man and his achievements is the most reliable we have. Arrian's own experience as a military commander gave him unique insights into the life of the world's greatest conqueror. He tells of Alexander's violent suppression of the Theban rebellion, his defeat of ... see all copies from $3.50! new only from $8.00! \| SVS
24 view cover	A History of Western Philosophy: The Classical Mind, Volume I more books like this by W T Jones, Robert J Fogelin add to wishlist A history of Western Philosophy that concentrates on major figures in each historical period, combining exposition with direct quotations from the philosophers themselves. The text places philosophers in appropriate cultural context and shows how their theories reflect the concerns of their times. see all copies from $7.90! new only from $73.11! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography more books like this by Peter Green add to wishlist Until recently, popular biographers and most scholars viewed Alexander the Great as a genius with a plan, a romantic figure pursuing his vision of a united world. His dream was at times characterized as a benevolent interest in the brotherhood of man, sometimes as a brute interest in the exercise of power. Green, a Cambridge-trained classicist who ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.76! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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