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The Temple of Fortuna by Elodie Harper
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe final instalment in Elodie Harper's Sunday Times bestselling Wolf Den TrilogyAmara's journey has taken her far; from a slave in Pompeii's wolf den to a high-powered courtesan in Rome... though her story is not over yet.While Amara plays for power in Rome's imperial palace, those dearest to her remain in Pompeii. But it is AD 79, and mighty Mount Vesuvius is about to make itself known..Categorized as:
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The Mahabharata: A Modern Rendering: Vol 1,V.2: A Modern Rendering: 1 by Ramesh Menon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Ramayana and the Mahabharata are the two great epics of India, the Mahabharata being by far the longer. Both were first composed in verse and, coming down the centuries in the ancient oral tradition, have deeply influenced the history, culture and arts of not only the Indian subcontinent but of most of South-East Asia. The Mahabharata tells of a Great War, and the events that lead upto it... -
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Dreaming the Serpent Spear by Manda Scott
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe fourth and final novel in the magnificent saga of Britain’s warrior queen (Boudica – “Bringer of Victory” and the last defender of the Celtic culture) will capture readers’ hearts and minds, as Manda Scott brings the series to a stunning close...Categorized as:
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Odyssey, Books 13–24 by Homer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHere is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of the resplendent epic tale of Odysseus's long journey home from the Trojan War and the legendary temptations, delays, and perils he faced at every turn... -
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King of Gods Book IV by Fast Food Restaurant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this fourth installment of King of Gods, Zhao Feng takes on entering the Broken Moon Clan's Floating Crest Trial—which only occurs every five years—in order to secure his future and prove his worth...Categorized as:
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The Conspiracy at Meru by Shatrujeet Nath
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVICTORY IS TEMPORARY. THE BATTLE IS ETERNAL.Vikramaditya and his Council of Nine have fought valiantly to repel the rampaging hordes from Devaloka and Patala – but Avanti has been brought to its knees. Ujjayini lies battered its citizens are scared and morale is badly shaken... -
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രണ്ടാമൂഴം | Randamoozham by M.T. Vasudevan Nair
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsRandamoozham is the masterpiece of Jnanpith winning writer M. T. Vasudevan Nair. It was translated into English as Second Turn in 1997. M. T. Vasudevan Nair won Vayalar Award, given for the best literary work in Malayalam, for the novel in 1985. Later, in the year 1995, Mr. Nair was awarded the highest literary award in India, Jnanpith Award, for his overall contribution to Malayalam literature...Categorized as:
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![The Greek Plays: Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides (Modern Library Classics) by Mary Lefkowitz, James Romm]()
The Greek Plays: Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides (Modern Library Classics) by Mary Lefkowitz, James Romm
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA landmark anthology of the masterpieces of Greek drama, featuring all-new, highly accessible translations of some of the world’s most beloved plays, including Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound, Bacchae, Electra, Medea, Antigone, and Oedipus the King The great plays of Ancient Greece are among the most enduring and important legacies of the Western world... -
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Return to Ithaca by Glyn Iliffe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe thrilling final instalment of the epic and bestselling Adventures of Odysseus Odysseus has been to Hell and back. Deserted by the Gods, and now in bitter conflict with his friend Eperitus, times look bleak. He dreams of returning to his home; to Ithaca. But back on Ithaca things look little better... -
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The Complete Plays by Sophocles
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsHere in one volume are the full texts of the seven extant plays of the Greek playwright Sophocles, regarded by the Greeks of his time as a kind of "tragic Homer". This collection includes the revised and updated translations by Paul Roche of the Oedipus cycle, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone, as well as all-new translations of Ajax, The Women of Trachis, Electra, and Philocetes...Categorized as:
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The Fall of the Phoenix by Daniel Kelly
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe long siege of Troy, the battles fought over it, and the city's eventual capitulation and incineration are events which have often been retold since their first recitation by Homer. Seldom, however, will they have been narrated with such close attention to the minute particulars of battle, to its reek and terror and pain, as in this startling account by Daniel Kelly... -
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Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor fans of Madeline Miller's Circe, a stunning debut following Clytemnestra, the most notorious villainess of the ancient world and the events that forged her into the legendary queen.As for queens, they are either hated or forgotten. She already knows which option suits her best...You were born to a king, but you marry a tyrant...Categorized as:
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![Vikramaditya Veergatha Book 1 The Guardians of the Halahala by Shatrujeet Nath]()
Vikramaditya Veergatha Book 1 The Guardians of the Halahala by Shatrujeet Nath
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe deadly Halahala, the all-devouring poison churned from the depths of the White Lake by the devas and asuras, was swallowed by Shiva to save the universe from extinction.But was the Halahala truly destroyed?A small portion still remains – a weapon powerful enough to guarantee victory to whoever possesses it...Categorized as:
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Metamorphoses: Volume I, Books I-VIII by Ovid
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Metamorphoses is a Latin narrative poem by the Roman poet Ovid, considered his magnum opus. Comprising fifteen books and over 250 myths, the poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar within a loose mythico-historical framework.Book I – The Creation, the Ages of Mankind, the flood, Deucalion and Pyrrha, Apollo and Daphne, Io, Phaëton... -
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Tales from Ovid by Ovid
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen Michael Hofmann and James Lasdun's ground-breaking anthology After Ovid (also Faber) was published in 1995, Hughes's three contributions to the collective effort were nominated by most critics as outstanding...Categorized as:
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![Greek Tragedies, Volume 1: Aeschylus: Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound; Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Antigone; Euripides: Hippolytus by David Grene, Aeschylus]()
Greek Tragedies, Volume 1: Aeschylus: Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound; Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Antigone; Euripides: Hippolytus by David Grene, Aeschylus
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn three paperback volumes, the Grene and Lattimore editions offer a selection of the most important and characteristic plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides from the nine-volume anthology of The Complete Greek Tragedies...Categorized as:
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![All Day Permanent Red: The First Battle Scenes of Homer's Iliad Rewritten by Christopher Logue]()
All Day Permanent Red: The First Battle Scenes of Homer's Iliad Rewritten by Christopher Logue
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSetting down her topaz saucer heaped with nectarine jelly, Emptying her blood-red mouth—set in her ice-white face— Teenaged Athena jumped up and shrieked: "Kill! Kill for me! Better to die than live without killing!" Who says prayer does no good? Christopher Logue's work in progress, his Iliad, has been called "the best translation of Homer since Pope's" (The New York Review of Books)... -
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Raj Kahini by Abanindranath Tagore
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings<span><span>An unforgettable historical novella that leads you to the flowing sand dunes of Rajasthan, the clash of swords, to the courtyard of kings and queens. The book captures the spirit of a heroic past that never fails to move readers even today...Categorized as:
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Gilgamesh: A New Translation of the Ancient Epic by Sophus Helle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA poem for the ages, freshly and accessibly translated by an international rising star, bringing together scholarly precision and poetic grace “Sophus Helle’s new translation . . . [is] a thrilling, enchanting, desperate thing to read.”—Nina MacLaughlin, Boston Globe “Looks to be the last word on this Babylonian masterpiece... -
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Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida by Robert Chandler, Various
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the reign of the Tsars in the early 19th century to the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond, the short story has long occupied a central place in Russian culture... -
![Greek Tragedies 3: Aeschylus: The Eumenides; Sophocles: Philoctetes, Oedipus at Colonus; Euripides: The Bacchae, Alcestis by David Grene, Aeschylus]()
Greek Tragedies 3: Aeschylus: The Eumenides; Sophocles: Philoctetes, Oedipus at Colonus; Euripides: The Bacchae, Alcestis by David Grene, Aeschylus
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGreek Tragedies, Volume III contains Aeschylus’s “The Eumenides,” translated by Richmond Lattimore; Sophocles’s “Philoctetes,” translated by David Grene; Sophocles’s “Oedipus at Colonus,” translated by Robert Fitzgerald; Euripides’s “The Bacchae,” translated by William Arrowsmith; and Euripides’s “Alecestis,” translated by Richmond Lattimore...Categorized as:
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Queen of the Hollow Hills by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom ancient henges to windswept mountains, dive into a world where pagan gods rule, powerful priestesses weave magic, and fierce Celtic tribes battle for dominance.Britain, AD 38. Having defeated her enemies, Queen Cartimandua works swiftly to stabilize the north. But not all foes yield quietly...Categorized as:
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![Euripides V: Electra / The Phoenician Women / The Bacchae by Euripides]()
Euripides V: Electra / The Phoenician Women / The Bacchae by Euripides
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn nine paperback volumes, the Grene and Lattimore editions offer the most comprehensive selection of the Greek tragedies available in English. Over the years these authoritative, critically acclaimed editions have been the preferred choice of over three million readers for personal libraries and individual study as well as for classroom use...Categorized as:
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House of Odysseus by Claire North
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis "powerful, fresh, and unflinching" reimagining from the award-winning author of the Penelope trilogy breathes life into ancient myth and gives voice to the women who stand defiant in a world ruled by ruthless men (Jennifer Saint). On the isle of Ithaca, queen Penelope maintains a delicate balance of power. Many years ago, her husband Odysseus sailed to war with Troy and never came home...Categorized as:
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![Here, The World Entire by Anwen Kya Hayward, Anwen Hayward]()
Here, The World Entire by Anwen Kya Hayward, Anwen Hayward
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter being accused of desecrating Athena's temple and subsequently cursed with monstrousness, Medusa lives alone on the outskirts of the world, secluding herself from everyone so as to keep both herself and the rest of the world safe. When Perseus comes to ask for her help, Medusa tries desperately to make him leave, but no matter what she does, Perseus stays... -
![Karna: The Great Warrior by रणजित देसाई]()
Karna: The Great Warrior by रणजित देसाई
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratings'Who am I?' It was a question that had troubled him all his life. His whole life had seemed entangled in the answer. His dignity, his destination, his ambitions - they all seemed linked to that entanglement. The irony was that the truth, instead of liberating him, had made him rudderless. In the Mahabharata, Karna is known to be the only warrior who could match Arjuna... -
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Shiang by C.F. Iggulden
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBecome one of the first to read the second book in the bestselling Empire of Salt trilogy the epic fantasy series, and pre-order today.___________IF THESE STONES COULD SPEAK . . . THEY WOULD CALL FOR WAR.In Shiang, the young king rules without dissent. Mazer swordsmen stand watch on every corner, looking for the first sign of rebellion... -
![Virgil, Vol 2: Aeneid Books 7-12, Appendix Vergiliana by Virgil, G.P. Goold]()
Virgil, Vol 2: Aeneid Books 7-12, Appendix Vergiliana by Virgil, G.P. Goold
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsVirgil, Volume Ii : Aeneid Books 7-12, Appendix Vergiliana (Loeb Classical Library, No 64) Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) was born in 70 BCE near Mantua and was educated at Cremona, Milan and Rome. Slow in speech, shy in manner, thoughtful in mind, weak in health, he went back north for a quiet life...Categorized as:
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Heroides by Ovid
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the twenty-one poems of the Heroides, Ovid gave voice to the heroines and heroes of epic and myth. These deeply moving literary epistles reveal the happiness and torment of love, as the writers tell of their pain at separation, forgiveness of infidelity or anger at betrayal... -
![The Bacchae and Other Plays by Euripides]()
The Bacchae and Other Plays by Euripides
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsEuripides (c.484-406 B.C.) was the most controversial of the three great Greek tragedians and the most modern. His major themes- religious scepticism, the injustices suffered by women and the destructive folly of war-are issues still vitally important today...Categorized as:
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![Euripides: Ten Plays by Euripides]()
Euripides: Ten Plays by Euripides
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA modern translation exclusive to signet From perhaps the greatest of the ancient Greek playwrights comes this collection of plays, including Alcestis, Hippolytus, Ion, Electra, Iphigenia at Aulis, Iphigenia Among the Taurians, Medea, The Bacchae, The Trojan Women, and The Cyclops...Categorized as:
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![The Odyssey: A Dramatic Retelling of Homer's Epic by Simon Armitage, Homer]()
The Odyssey: A Dramatic Retelling of Homer's Epic by Simon Armitage, Homer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this new verse adaptation, originally commissioned for BBC radio, Simon Armitage has recast Homer's epic as a series of bristling dramatic dialogues: between gods and men; between no-nonsense Captain Odysseus and his unruly, lotus-eating, homesick companions; and between subtle Odysseus (wiliest hero of antiquity) and a range of shape-shifting adversaries—Calypso, Circe, the Sirens, the... -
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Seer of Egypt by Pauline Gedge
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHuy has risen from lowly origins to become the Seer of the King. Yet Amunhotep’s patronage is both a blessing and a curse to Huy, who feels imprisoned by the gift Thoth has imposed on him and by the life he must live to keep it. Though rewarded with wealth and influence, Huy longs for the pleasures of those he sees around him, especially love, which seems forever lost to him...Categorized as:
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A Song of War: A Novel of Troy by Kate Quinn, Christian Cameron
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTroy: city of gold, gatekeeper of the east, haven of the god-born and the lucky, a city destined to last a thousand years. But the Fates have other plans—the Fates, and a woman named Helen. In the shadow of Troy's gates, all must be reborn in the greatest war of the ancient world: slaves and queens, heroes and cowards, seers and kings . . . and these are their stories...Categorized as:
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![The Golden Fleece by Robert Graves]()
The Golden Fleece by Robert Graves
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlong with I, Claudius, The Golden Fleece is considered one of Robert Graves's most exciting and transporting historical novels. The Golden Fleece was at one time the most sacred religious object of the ancient Greeks, and had been sent away as the result of a power struggle between the Greeks and earlier inhabitants of the Greek peninsula... -
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Soul Flame by Barbara Wood
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBorn into the tumultuous world of ancient Antioch, Selene is orphaned at birth. But before her father dies, he leaves a puzzling clue to her heritage: she has come from the gods and has a special destiny to fulfill.In the coming years, Selene studies the primitive healing arts with Mera, the healer-woman who adopts her...Categorized as:
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![The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 2 of 3 by Anonymous]()
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 2 of 3 by Anonymous
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvery night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning...Categorized as:
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Ulysses by Alfred Tennyson
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFacing old age, mythical hero Ulysses describes his discontent and restlessness upon returning to his kingdom, Ithaca, after his far-ranging travels... -
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Sita's Sister by Kavita Kané
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of Karna's Wife, comes this book about Urmila, Sita's sister and the neglected wife of Lakshman, and one of the most overlooked characters in the Ramayana. As Sita prepares to go into exile, her younger sisters stay back at the doomed palace of Ayodhya, their smiles, hope and joy wiped away in a single stroke... -
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Boudicca's Daughter by Elodie Harper
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDeploying the same gripping plot dynamics and unforgettable sense of time and place that she used in the bestselling Wolf Den trilogy, Harper tells the thrilling story of the child of one of Ancient Rome's most implacable foes, Boudicca.There is more than one way for a woman to fight. From the author of the bestselling Wolf Den Trilogy...Categorized as:
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Daughter of the Otherworld by Shauna Lawless
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the author of the Gael Song trilogy, an epic new historical fantasy set in the tumultuous, magical world of medieval Ireland during the time of the Norman invasion.Over a hundred years after she went missing, Isolde, born to the family of a famous Irish king and a powerful immortal, inexplicably reappears.Her mother's kin, the Descendants, are one of the two magical races of Ireland... -
![Eclogues. Georgics. Aeneid: Books 1-6 by Virgil]()
Eclogues. Georgics. Aeneid: Books 1-6 by Virgil
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsVirgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) was born in 70 BCE near Mantua and was educated at Cremona, Milan and Rome. Slow in speech, shy in manner, thoughtful in mind, weak in health, he went back north for a quiet life. Influenced by the group of poets there, he may have written some of the doubtful poems included in our Virgilian manuscripts...Categorized as:
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![Euripides IV: Rhesus / The Suppliant Women / Orestes / Iphigenia in Aulis by Euripides]()
Euripides IV: Rhesus / The Suppliant Women / Orestes / Iphigenia in Aulis by Euripides
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn nine paperback volumes, the Grene and Lattimore editions offer the most comprehensive selection of the Greek tragedies available in English. Over the years these authoritative, critically acclaimed editions have been the preferred choice of over three million readers for personal libraries and individual study as well as for classroom use...Categorized as:
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![The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel by Nikos Kazantzakis]()
The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel by Nikos Kazantzakis
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA continuation of Homer’s epic poem, Kazantzakis’s own Odyssey finds Odysseus once again leaving Ithaca on finding that the satisfactions of home and hearth are not as he remembered them... -
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![Four Plays: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs by Aristophanes]()
Four Plays: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs by Aristophanes
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThis volume brings together the four most acclaimed comedies of Greek playwright Aristophanes. The darker comedy of The Clouds satirizes Athenian philosophers - Socrates in particular - and reflects the uncertainties of a generation in which all traditional religious and ethical beliefs were being challenged...Categorized as:
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Greek Myths by Diane Namm, Arthur Pober
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom Icarus's legendary flight to Orpheus's trip to the underworld, this stunning edition brings to life 15 classic Greek myths... -
![The Cure at Troy by Seamus Heaney, Sophocles]()
The Cure at Troy by Seamus Heaney, Sophocles
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSeamus Heaney's version of Sophocles' Philoctetes is responsive to the Greek playwright's understanding of the relations between public and private morality...Categorized as:
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Horace: Odes and Epodes by Michèle Lowrie
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis collection of recent articles provides convenient access to some of the best recent writing on Horace's Odes and Epodes. Formalist, structuralist, and historicizing approaches alike offer insight into this complex poet, who reinvented lyric at the transition from the Republic to the Augustan principate...Categorized as:
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![Medea and Other Plays: Medea / Hecabe / Electra / Heracles by Euripides]()
Medea and Other Plays: Medea / Hecabe / Electra / Heracles by Euripides
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMedea/Hecabe/Electra/HeraclesFour devastating Greek tragedies showing the powerful brought down by betrayal, jealousy, guilt and hatredThe first playwright to depict suffering without reference to the gods, Euripides made his characters speak in human terms and face the consequences of their actions...Categorized as:
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An Arrow's Flight by Mark Merlis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe award-winning An Arrow's Flight tells the story of the Trojan War and Pyrrhus, the son of the fallen Achilles, now working as a go-go boy and hustler in the big city. Magically blending ancient headlines and modern myth, Merlis creates a fabulous new world where legendary heroes declare their endowments in personal ads and any panhandler may be a divinity in disguise...Categorized as:
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