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A definitive and refreshingly readable new translation of Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War, paired with a brilliant introduction on how to read and understand Thucydides.Thucydides called his work a "possession for all time," and his History of the...

Editeur : Basic Books
Parution : 2025-10-09

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Télécharger le livre :  Aesop's Fables
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From a renowned scholar and translator, the definitive translation of Aesop’s Fables Aesop’s fables are among the most familiar and best-loved stories in the world. Tales like “The Tortoise and the Hare,” “The Dog in the Manger,” and...

Editeur : Basic Books
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Télécharger le livre :  The Fall of the Roman Republic
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'That was how things stood in the city at the time. With no one in charge, murders were taking place almost every day and the elections could not be held.' Books 36-40 of the Roman History by Cassius Dio (born ca. 163 CE), covers 69-50 BCE, the last twenty years...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
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Télécharger le livre :  The Fall of the Roman Republic
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'That was how things stood in the city at the time. With no one in charge, murders were taking place almost every day and the elections could not be held.' Books 36-40 of the Roman History by Cassius Dio (born ca. 163 CE), covers 69-50 BCE, the last twenty years...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2024-01-09

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Télécharger le livre :  Plato of Athens
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The first ever biography of the founder of Western philosophy Considered by many to be the most important philosopher ever, Plato was born into a well-to-do family in wartime Athens at the end of the fifth century BCE. In his teens, he honed his intellect by attending...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
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Télécharger le livre :  The Making of a King
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In the third century BCE, Macedon dominated mainland Greece, but was rapidly descending into chaos. One of the consequences was a massive invasion of Celts, who ravaged and plundered Macedon and northern Greece for several years. Antigonus Gonatas, son of one of...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
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Télécharger le livre :  The Making of a King
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In the third century BCE, Macedon dominated mainland Greece, but was rapidly descending into chaos. One of the consequences was a massive invasion of Celts, who ravaged and plundered Macedon and northern Greece for several years. Antigonus Gonatas, son of one of...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2021-09-23

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Télécharger le livre :  The Art of Rhetoric
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For all men are persuaded by considerations of where their interest lies... Aristotle's Art of Rhetoric is the earliest systematic treatment of the subject, and it remains among the most incisive works on rhetoric that we possess. In it, we are asked: What is a good...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2018-04-19

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Télécharger le livre :  The Art of Rhetoric
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For all men are persuaded by considerations of where their interest lies... Aristotle's Art of Rhetoric is the earliest systematic treatment of the subject, and it remains among the most incisive works on rhetoric that we possess. In it, we are asked: What is a good...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2018-04-13

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Télécharger le livre :  Hellenistic Lives
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Alexander * Demosthenes * Phocion * Eumenes * Demetrius * Pyrrhus * Agis and Cleomenes * Aratus * Philopoemen * Flamininus This selection of ten Lives traces the history of Hellenistic Greece from the rise of Macedon and Alexander's conquest of the Persian empire to...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2016-01-14

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Télécharger le livre :  Hellenistic Lives
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Alexander * Demosthenes * Phocion * Eumenes * Demetrius * Pyrrhus * Agis and Cleomenes * Aratus * Philopoemen * Flamininus This selection of ten Lives traces the history of Hellenistic Greece from the rise of Macedon and Alexander's conquest of the Persian empire to...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2016-01-14

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Télécharger le livre :  Selected Speeches
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'Even if everyone else succumbs to slavery, we must still fight for our freedom.' Admired by many in the ancient world as the greatest of the classic Athenian orators, Demosthenes was intimately involved in the political events of his day. As well as showing a master...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2014-05-08

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Télécharger le livre :  Selected Speeches
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'Even if everyone else succumbs to slavery, we must still fight for our freedom.' Admired by many in the ancient world as the greatest of the classic Athenian orators, Demosthenes was intimately involved in the political events of his day. As well as showing a master...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2014-05-08

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Télécharger le livre :  The Greek Myths
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The Greek Myths contains some of the most thrilling, romantic, and unforgettable stories in all human history. From Achilles rampant on the fields of Troy, to the gods at sport on Mount Olympus; from Icarus flying too close to the sun, to the superhuman feats of...

Editeur : Quercus
Parution : 2012-03-01

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Télécharger le livre :  The Histories
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'no one else in our times has attempted to write a universal history' Polybius' ambitious goal was to describe how Rome conquered the Mediterranean world in less than fifty-three years. This great study of imperialism takes the reader back to Rome's first encounter...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2010-11-11

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Télécharger le livre :  The Histories
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'no one else in our times has attempted to write a universal history' Polybius' ambitious goal was to describe how Rome conquered the Mediterranean world in less than fifty-three years. This great study of imperialism takes the reader back to Rome's first encounter...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2010-11-11

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Télécharger le livre :  Orestes and Other Plays
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Ion Orestes The Phoenician Women The Suppliant Women In these four plays Euripides explores ethical and political themes,contrasting the claims of patriotism with family loyalty, pragmatism and expediency with justice, and the idea that 'might is right' with the...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2009-03-26

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Télécharger le livre :  Timaeus and Critias
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'The god wanted everything to be good, marred by as little imperfection as possible.' Timaeus, one of Plato's acknowledged masterpieces, is an attempt to construct the universe and explain its contents by means of as few axioms as possible. The result is a brilliant,...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2008-11-13

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Télécharger le livre :  Timaeus and Critias
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'The god wanted everything to be good, marred by as little imperfection as possible.' Timaeus, one of Plato's acknowledged masterpieces, is an attempt to construct the universe and explain its contents by means of as few axioms as possible. The result is a brilliant,...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2008-11-13

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Télécharger le livre :  Heracles and Other Plays
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Alcestis * Heracles * Children of Heracles * Cyclops Euripides wrote about timeless themes, of friendship and enmity, hope and despair, duty and betrayal. The first three plays in this volume are filled with violence or its threat, while the fourth, Cyclops, is our...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2008-09-11

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