The Complete Greek Tragedies, Volume 1: Aeschylus (Complete Greek Tragedies)4 reviews Aeschylus University Of Chicago Press, 1992 Important in History, Literature and Anthropology + Hard Initially, but Excellent + Tragedies + LAttimores Masterpiece of translation of Aeschlyus             Poetics (Penguin Classics)10 reviews Aristotle Penguin Classics, 1997 Tragedy Teaches Us Something About Life + A very interesting and usually useful text as well as a wonderful and wonderfully annotated translation + Aristotle Clearly Explained + Introduction is about as long as the treatise! + Any student of literature should read this.             The Pot of Gold and Other Plays (Classics)6 reviews Plautus Penguin Classics, 1965 A History Lesson in Funny + Wonderful Plays! + Slice-of-life ancient history + Latin not Greek + The plays are writen with such elegance and emotion.             Aesop's Fables (Oxford World's Classics)11 reviews Aesop Oxford University Press, USA, 2003 Animals as Human Nature. + Great compliation of Aesop's Fables + NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN We may never really know the true identity of Aesop the Man. But his legacy lives on in these fables, the morals of which can still find relevance in today's society. For those of you, whom are easily offended some of the fables bring up racial differences that may upset you. In particular ...             The CompleteOdes (Oxford World's Classics) Pindar Oxford University Press, USA, 2007 The Greek poet Pindar (c. 518-428 BC) composed victory odes for winners in the ancient Games, including the Olympics. He celebrated the victories of athletes competing in foot races, horse races, boxing, wrestling, all-in fighting and the pentathlon, and his Odes are fascinating not only for their poetic qualities, but for what they tell us about the Games. Pindar praises the victor by comparing ...             The Histories (Penguin Classics)32 reviews Herodotus Penguin Classics, 2003 Father of History + Clear, concise prose + Unmissable, eminently readable classic + His story and history - Herodotus' view on his world. + Herodotus "The Histories"             The Rope and Other Plays Plautus Penguin Classics, 1964             Idylls (Oxford World's Classics)3 reviews Theocritus Oxford University Press, USA, 2003 Greek Poems for Greekless Readers + There can be no remedy for love, except the Muses + The bucolic poems of the ancient poet Theocritus With Homer, you can still appreciate the Iliad and the Odyssey in English -- indeed, the recent translations of Robert Fagles capture the movement and energy of Homeric verse quite well. With Theocritus, however, a translation is a wretched substitute for the Greek, since the exquisitely refined ...             Aristophanes: The Complete Plays4 reviews Aristophanes NAL Trade, 2005 Ribald and Raucous + Excellent, as usual + A Good Translation Aristophanes was a ribald playwright whose raucous plays were brilliantly brought to life by Fred Beake, David Slavitt, Palmer Bovie, and Jack Flavin. The first two of the four plays in Aristophanes, 1, The Acharnians and Peace were written during the Peloponnesian War between Athens, Sparta, and ...             7 Greeks4 reviews New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1995 Scrupulously accurate, thoroughly modern + Superb translations + "The first of autumn you shall be my guest." + Davenport's Greeks             Menander, The Plays and Fragments (Oxford World's Classics)3 reviews Menander Oxford University Press, USA, 2002 Menander's plays and fragments + The Root of All Happy-Ending Art + Menander, Plays and Fragments I'm a Classical Civilisations student at Leeds University in England and this book is one of many that I have to read for my course. Menander was said to be "second only to Homer" and it is clear why this statement was made in this translation by Norma Miller. This book contains all but two of ...             Plutarch's Lives Volume 1 (Modern Library Classics)6 reviews Plutarch Modern Library, 2001 A Timeless Classic By One Of The Best Biographers In History + Dryden, Clough and Others + An Overlooked Classic + A book every man should read + Invaluable source and historical document.             Horace: Satires, Epistles and Ars Poetica (Loeb Classical Library No. 194)1 review Horace Loeb Classical Library, 1929 Great! Though this is not necessarily a book for the idle poetry reader, I loved this completely. If you enjoy reading the work of the ancient poets and writers, this is perfect. Since it has the original Latin text on the facing page to the translation, it is possible to see how the syntax and lines fit ...             Early Greek Philosophy (Penguin Classics)7 reviews Various Penguin Classics, 2002 The wonder of what is that it is + the definitive volume + Throwing Light on the Landscape of the Orthodox + A good companion, but not the place to start             Iliad and Odyssey boxed set36 reviews Homer Penguin Classics, 1999 The ground is dark with blood + Highly readable translation + Wonderful + Only the dead...             The Complete Greek Tragedies, Volume 3: Euripides (Complete Greek Tragedies)1 review Euripides University Of Chicago Press, 1992 Antigone! This is a reply to another post. Do you really think that Euripedes is arguing that Antigone is right? Sure, her brother was dishonored and should have been buried, but doesn't she have a martyr complex? I think so because, she does everything so publicly then brags about it. She seems to want ...             The Comedies (Oxford World's Classics)4 reviews Terence, Peter Brown Oxford University Press, USA, 2008 timeless classic comedy + Hey, join the party! + hilarious + Comedic             The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic (Penguin Classics)10 reviews R. K. Narayan Penguin Classics, 2006 Narayan's Ramayana + An Accessible Version for the Beginner + A fun read to include in your Indian cultural study + Interesting and fairly easy to understand + A Gripping Story out of a Great Epic.             The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic6 reviews R. K. Narayan University Of Chicago Press, 2000 Wonderfully presented + Don't buy it! It's all in Sanskrit! No, I'm just kidding. The story itself in timeless. Not enough good can be said about it. As for this traslation, Narayan is a literay god. This presentation of the famous indian epic is very well accomplished and is a credit to the story. I have read many english versions of the Mahabharata, (the few that exist) ...             Bible: KJV Large Print: Black HB1 review Authentic, 1969 Respectable Version, But... In 1611, the Church of England published the "King James" Bible. It is beautifully written and highly respectable. If you like Shakespeare, you'll probably appreciate the Elizabethan English in this version. My father was old school Anglican, so naturally, this was his favorite version. But that ...