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The OdysseyHomer's great epic, The Odyssey, is perhaps Western literature's first adventure story, and certainly remains one of its finest. It describes King Odysseus of Ithaca's epic, ten year quest to return home after the Trojan War. He encounters giants, sorceresses, sea monsters and sirens, while his wife Penelope is forced to resist the suitors who besiege her on Ithaca. Both an enchanting fairy tale and a gripping drama, The Odyssey is immensely

but rarely do they focus on the remarkable women at the heart of these ancient stories

The commentary in this edition of one of Plutarch's Lives concentrates on the historical aspects of the work and includes much detailed comparison of Plutarch's narrative with those of other sources such as Herodotos

How to Care about Animals is a fascinating menagerie of passages from classical literature about animals and the lives we share with them

000 years ago

Xenophon’s Greek is lucid and unforced

The details of the naval operations in the Aegean and the land-fighting are contained in this book

Έβραζαν στο Παγκράτι πενθώντας πάφα πούφα το δικαίωμα εις το εργάζεσθαι και το φιλείν

Nero) and published between 115 and about 120

Walter Leaf

he was appointed in 343/2 by King Philip of Macedon to be tutor of his teen-aged son Alexander

Throughout this period Athens was the cultural centre of Greece and one of the major Greek powers

The volume also includes dramas about the first day's fighting of the Trojan War ( The Shepherds )

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