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1) Lysistrata
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Aristophanes helped shape comedy ... despite their often fantasical premises, were fairly consistently concerned with contemporary politics and social institutions. ... mildly aristocratic ... patriotic ... suspicious of social innovation ... sympathetic to the struggles of the common people ... unrestrained in insult ... exuberantly bawdy.
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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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• Chronologies...
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Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Set in Syracuse, Sicily, during the Peloponnesian War but told in contemporary Irish dialect, Glorious Exploits follows Lampo and Gelon, best friends since childhood. Thrilled to have survived the Athenians' recent invasion and as shocked by the Syracusan victory as everyone else, these unemployed potters are in a mood to celebrate. Of course, they hate the Athenians. Still, that doesn't mean you can't love the theatre of their great playwright Euripides,...
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Pegasus Books, Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"After the gods, after the myths and legends, came the world of men--and in the front rank stood Pericles. Enter Pericles--the Lion of Athens. Behind him lies the greatest city of the ancient world. Before him stands the ferocious Persian army. Both sides are spoiling for war. But Pericles knows one thing: to fight a war you must first win the peace. It's time for a hero to rise. For his enemies to tremble. And for a city to shine like a beacon...
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As commander on land & sea, Alcibiades was never defeated. Kinsman of Pericles, protégé of Socrates, the warrior was renowned as the most brilliant & charismatic personality of his day, as--fearlessly ambitious, politically ruthless--he forever altered Athens' destiny. During the twenty-seven-year Peloponnesian War, he swept from victory to victory, seemingly invincible. And then, in a shattering twist of fortune, he tumbled from glory. Recounted...
7) Helen
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Blue Zephyr
Pub. Date
©2014
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English
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"Helen is the story of a young woman of astonishing beauty and intelligence. The daughter of the tyrant of Syracuse, the dominant power in Sicily, she escapes the violence of her father and finds a home with Empedocles, a philosopher who is also the leader of the democracy in Agrigento, the second leading power on the island. A brilliant student, she begins to learn about the various schools of thought among the pre-Socratics, but what seem answers...
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