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Xenophon
Provides an eyewitness account of the attempt by a Greek mercenary army - the Ten Thousand - to help Prince Cyrus overthrow his brother and take the Persian throne.
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Plutarch
Taken from the Lives , a series of biographies spanning the Graeco-Roman age, this collection describes the twilight of the old Roman Republic from 157-43 BC. Deeply influential on Shakespeare…
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Thucydides
Presents a contemporary account of the long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta. This title compiles a factual record of this disastrous conflict.
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Rex Warner
Edward Gorey’s drawings complement this modern retelling of some of the most beloved myths of ancient Greece. Men and Gods is wonderful introduction to these thrilling tales for the uninitiated…
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One of the few works of fiction in the 20th century to explore the dangerous yet glamorous appeal of fascism and the less than satisfactory answer of traditional democracy. A…
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The stories of Greek mythology are part of our Western heritage. These 32 legends are slightly abridged.
N H Reeve,Vijay Pereira
This critical introduction to Warner’s writings aims to rehabilitate them from neglect by discussing the development of his ideas and their problematic relationship with the fictional forms through which he…
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Euripides
One of the most powerful and enduring of Greek tragedies, masterfully portraying the fierce motives driving Medea’s pursuit of vengeance for her husband’s insult and betrayal. Authoritative Rex Warner translation.
Stephen Ely Tabachnick
This volume explores the composition, reception and significance of Rex Warner’s work, as well as his personal life, his friendships with C. Day Lewis and W.H. Auden, and contemporary Greek…
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MICHAEL MOORCOCK A model of efficiency and order, the aerodrome stands on the hill looking down on the village below. Roy, coming of age in the…
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David Cartwright
Aims to guide the Greekless reader through Thucydides’ fascinating yet demanding narrative. Cartwright’s is the only such full-length, one-volume commentary and companion: it is based on Rex Warner’s Penguin translation…
Details nearly fifty turbulent years of warfare in Greece between 411 and 362 BC. Presenting the story of the Peloponnesian War at the point where Thucydides finished his magisterial history…
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Rex Stout
ustice Ends at Home was originally published in the Pulp magazine All-Story Weekly. It is both a legal thriller and a detective story. All scholars of Stout's work agree that…
This record of one of the most famous marches in history contains an account of the day-to-day life of ordinary men and soldiers and demonstrates how Greek theories of government…
Adventure and imagination will meet at the final frontier.
