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3) Thucydides
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Sir John Lubbock's hundred books volume 27
Loeb classical library volume 108, etc
Loeb classical library volume 108-110, 169
Loeb classical library volume 108, etc
Loeb classical library volume 108-110, 169
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English
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English
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The History of the Peloponnesian War, by Thucydides, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
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"The Geography of Strabo is the only surviving work of its type in Greek literature, and the major source for the history of Greek scholarship on geography and the formative processes of the earth. In addition, this lengthy and complex work contains a vast amount of information on other topics, including the journey of Alexander the Great, cultic history, the history of the eastern Mediterranean in the first century BC, and women's history. Modern...
6) The Iliad
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English
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Sing of rage, Goddess, that bane of Akhilleus, Peleus' son, which caused untold pain for Akhaians, sent down throngs of powerful spirits to Aides, war-chiefs rendered the prize of dogs and every sort of bird. Edward McCrorie's new translation of Homer's classic epic of the "Trojan War" captures the falling rhythms of a doomed "Troy". McCrorie presents the sundry epithets and resonant symbols of Homer's verse style and remains as close to the Greek's...
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Loeb classical library volume 2-5
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Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
1912-1913
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English
11) Euripides
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English
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In 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.
17) The civil wars
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Julius Caesar, holding the election as dictator, was himself appointed consul with Publius Servilius; for this was the year in which it was permitted by the laws that he should be chosen consul. This business being ended, as credit was beginning to fail in Italy, and the debts could not be paid, he determined that arbitrators should be appointed: and that they should make an estimate of the possessions and properties of the debtors, how much they...
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Loeb classical library volume no. 35
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English
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Consists of The dialogue on oratory (Dialogus), a lively conversation about the decline of oratory and education; The life and character of Agricola, which includes Agricola's career in Britain; and, Germania, a description of the geography, anthropology, products, institutions, and social life and the tribes of the Germans as known to the Romans.
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