Aristophanes : Clouds (Translated With Notes and Introduction) (Focus Classical Library)4 reviews Aristophanes Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Company, 1993 Don't Like Greek Stuff? Read this anyway--you might like it! + Thought Provoking and Troubling + Excellent translation. + Aristophanes attacks Socrates the sophist as a Sophist             The Twelve Caesars (Penguin Classics)33 reviews Suetonius Penguin Classics, 2003 Suetonius: The Twelve Caesars + The Twelve Caesars + A must have for Roman history buffs + A Must Have for Historians + Rome for Dummies c119 AD             The Consolation of Philosophy: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics)21 reviews Ancius Boethius Penguin Classics, 1999 truly consoling + Recovering from amnesia + This book changed my life. + The Last Classsical Man + A Literary and Philosophical Masterpiece             The Symposium (Penguin Classics)12 reviews Plato Penguin Classics, 1999 The Wit and Wisdom of Love + passionately rational loving + Love, Grecian Style + One of those works that will be read forever, hopefully... + One of Plato's materpieces             Iliad and Odyssey boxed set38 reviews Homer Penguin Classics, 1999 An Excellent Read; A little wordy, but a good set of books + Accessible cornerstone of Western literature + Highly readable translation + Wonderful             Plato's Phaedo3 reviews Plato Hackett Publishing Company, 1977 Socrates' final hours + The true Philosopher is always seeking to free the soul from the body + The bridge between the early dialogues and The Republic Socrates is unique among philosophers, not just for his place among the early Greek philosophers, but also for the fact that he is the most famous philosopher to never write his own books. What we know of Socrates comes from contemporary accounts and students, most particularly Plato. Set in 399 ...             The Histories (Penguin Classics)33 reviews Herodotus Penguin Classics, 2003 Father of History + One of the most entertaining history books ever written. + Clear, concise prose + Unmissable, eminently readable classic + His story and history - Herodotus' view on his world.             On Free Choice of the Will7 reviews Saint Augustine of Hippo, Thomas Williams Hackett Pub Co Inc, 1993 excellent text for considering the impact of Christianity on Platonism and vice-versa + Tough read....IMPORTANT concepts... + Excellent + An Interesting Start             St. Augustine Confessions (Oxford World's Classics)47 reviews Saint Augustine Oxford University Press, USA, 1998 Tolle, lege + A sinner's guide to Christianity + An amazing look at the life of a spiritual giant I've long since lost the religious fervor that led me to read Augustine's Confessions for the first time some 40 years ago. But I've never tired of re-reading it, which I do every five years or so. For in addition to being an exquisitely written prayer, it's also a penetrating analysis of the ...             Mythology80 reviews Edith Hamilton Back Bay Books, 1998 the gold standard + Shades of AP English + Mythology Review Hamilton is definitely the gold standard for retelling these glorious, ancient myths. Her style is engaging and the structure of the book makes it very easy to keep track of such ridiculously branched family trees. This is much more than just a reference book...it's more like a giant Greek ...             Vergil: Aeneid, The (2nd Edition) Vergil Macmillan Publishing Company, 1965             The Golden Ass (Penguin Classics)2 reviews Apuleius Penguin Classics, 1999 Absolutely hilarious, a classic + A Complex and Entralling Work Apuleius' great work is not read enough. As the story of an libertine who is unfortunately changed into an ass unfolds, we see a satire unfold that provides both entertainment and a biting commentary of life in the ancient Greco-Roman world. The book shows you the great distance between us moderns ...             Aeschylus 1: Oresteia: Agamemnon, the Libation Bearers, the Eumenides The University of Chicago Press, 1953             The Republic (Penguin Classics)91 reviews Plato Penguin Classics, 2003 The ultimate Socratic dialogue? + Classic Read + Best Translator of Plato + The Rhetoric             Phaedrus (Penguin Classics)1 review Plato Penguin Classics, 2005 Get another translation. This is one of my favorite Platonic dialogues, an analysis of both rhetoric and love which leads to some compelling discussions. However, the translation offered by Pengin Classics is hideously lacking. I can't put my finger on exactly where it goes wrong, but the translator makes it a pain to get ...             The Republic (Penguin Classics)91 reviews Plato Penguin Classics, 2003 The ultimate Socratic dialogue? + Classic Read + Best Translator of Plato + The Rhetoric             Phaedrus (Penguin Classics)1 review Plato Penguin Classics, 2005 Get another translation. This is one of my favorite Platonic dialogues, an analysis of both rhetoric and love which leads to some compelling discussions. However, the translation offered by Pengin Classics is hideously lacking. I can't put my finger on exactly where it goes wrong, but the translator makes it a pain to get ...             The Twelve Caesars (Penguin Classics)33 reviews Suetonius Penguin Classics, 2003 Suetonius: The Twelve Caesars + The Twelve Caesars + A must have for Roman history buffs + A Must Have for Historians + Rome for Dummies c119 AD             St. Augustine Confessions (Oxford World's Classics)47 reviews Saint Augustine Oxford University Press, USA, 1998 Tolle, lege + A sinner's guide to Christianity + An amazing look at the life of a spiritual giant I've long since lost the religious fervor that led me to read Augustine's Confessions for the first time some 40 years ago. But I've never tired of re-reading it, which I do every five years or so. For in addition to being an exquisitely written prayer, it's also a penetrating analysis of the ...             Plato's Phaedo3 reviews Plato Hackett Publishing Company, 1977 Socrates' final hours + The true Philosopher is always seeking to free the soul from the body + The bridge between the early dialogues and The Republic Socrates is unique among philosophers, not just for his place among the early Greek philosophers, but also for the fact that he is the most famous philosopher to never write his own books. What we know of Socrates comes from contemporary accounts and students, most particularly Plato. Set in 399 ...