Classics (Antiquity)

Stichus; or, The Parasite Rebuffed

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Titus Maccius Plautus



"Antipho, a wealthy and jovial old gentleman of Athens, has two daughters, Pilumena and Pamphila. They are married to two brothers, Epi…

Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol 5

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Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus



This is Volume 5 in the series of Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans. It includes biographies of famous men and explores their co…

The Iliads of Homer

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Homer



The Iliad is an epic poem believed to have been composed by Homer, describing events of the final year of the 10 year siege of Troy by Greec…

The Satyrs of Decimus Junius Juvenalis

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Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis



16 satires in verse of the celebrated classical poet of the 1st and 2nd Century translated into verse by John Dryden an English satirist of …

Mythology

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Jane Ellen Harrison



Jane Ellen Harrison was an English classical scholar whose work had a particular focus on the earliest origins of Greek religion. Her Mythol…

Ovid And His Influence

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Edward Kennard Rand



In this early entry into the Our Debt To Greece and Rome series, Rand provides a lively summary and commentary on all of Ovid's poetical wor…

Androcles and the Lion

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George Bernard Shaw



A dramatic version of the classic fable of a kind man who comes across a lion with a thorn in its paw, his compassion for the injured lion p…

Lays of Ancient Rome (Version 2)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay



The Lays of Ancient Rome are four narrative poems by the English historian and politician Thomas Babington Macaulay. Each poem tells a famou…

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