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Euripides Orestes and Other Plays a New Translation by Robin Waterfieldby Euripides, Robin Waterfield , James Morwood, Edith HallISBN 0192832603 (0-19-283260-3)
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In Orestes, the most popular of the tragedian's plays about the ancient world, Euripides explores the emotional consequences of Orestes' murder of his mother on the individuals concerned, and makes the tale resonate with advice to Athens about the threat to democracy posed by political pressure groups. The Suppliant Women is a commentary on the politics of empire, as the Athenian king Theseus decides to use force of arms rather than persuasion against Thebes. The Phoenician Women transforms the terrible conflict between Oedipus' sons into one of the most savage indictments of civil war in Western literature by highlighting the personal tragedy it brings. [via]More editions of Euripides Orestes and Other Plays a New Translation by Robin Waterfield:
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The Expedition of Cyrusby Xenophon, Robin Waterfield , Tim RoodISBN 0192824309 (0-19-282430-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Expedition of Cyrus'Book summary:The Expedition of Cyrus tells the story of the epic march of the Ten Thousand, an army recruited at the end of the fifth century BC by a young Persian prince, Cyrus, who rose in revolt agains his brother, the King of Persia. After Cyrus' death, the army is left stranded in the desert of Mespotamia, a thousand miles from home. Their long march, across mountains and plateaus to the sight of "The sea! The sea!," and back to the fringes of the Greek world, is the most excititng adventure story to survive from the ancient world.
This new translation of Xenophon's most famous work offers a gripping narrative and a unique insight into the character of a Greek army struggling to survive in an alien world.
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The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophistsby Robin WaterfieldISBN 0192824546 (0-19-282454-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Gorgiasby Plato, Robin WaterfieldISBN 0192831658 (0-19-283165-8)
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Greek Lives: A Selection of Nine Greek Livesby Plutarch, Robin Waterfield , Philip A. StadterISBN 0192825011 (0-19-282501-1)
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Heracles and Other Playsby Euripides, Robin Waterfield , Edith HallISBN 019283259X (0-19-283259-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Heracles and Other Plays'Book summary:Euripides wrote about timeless themes, of friendship and enmity, hope and despair, duty and betrayal. The first three plays in this volume are imbued with an atmosphere of violence, while the fourth, Cyclops, is our only surviving example of a genuine satyr play, with all the crude and slapstick humor that characterized the genre. Alcestis shows various reactions to death with pathos and grim humor while the blood-soaked Heracles portrays deep emotional pain and undeserved suffering. Children of Heracles deals with the effects of war on refugees and the consequences of sheltering them. [via]
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The Historiesby Herodotus, Robin Waterfield , Carolyn DewaldISBN 0192824252 (0-19-282425-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Histories'Book summary:"The father of history," as Cicero called him, and a writer possessed of remarkable narrative gifts, enormous scope, and considerable charm, Herodotus has always been beloved by readers well-versed in the classics. Recently, the critical and popular acclaim for The English Patient, whose hero makes The Histories his constant companion, has attracted a new, and wider, audience.
Compelled by his desire to "prevent the traces of human events from being erased by time," Herotodus recounts the incidents leading up to the Persian Wars and the Greeks' stunning victory over the more powerful invading Persian forces. But Herotodus gives us much more than military history. By employing multiple points of view and incorporating the diverse stories he collected during his extensive travels, Herotodus provides the fullest portrait of the classical world of the 5th and 6th centuries. And because he writes in a style highly susceptible to digression, his book includes all manner of marvelous observations--from ants the size of dogs in India, to people who live in caves and chirp like bats in Libya, to flying snakes in Egypt. Most importantly, throughout The Histories Herotodus shows us the ruin that comes to those who overreach their natural boundaries, who fail to heed sensible warnings or act without understanding the web of reciprocity that connects all things.
This superbly readable new translation, along with an illuminating introduction, provides readers all they need to appreciate Herodotus' enduring appeal. [via] 
Meno And Other Dialogues: Charmides, Laches, Lysis, Menoby Plato, Robin WaterfieldISBN 0192804251 (0-19-280425-1)
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Physicsby Aristotle, David Bostock, Robin WaterfieldISBN 0192823108 (0-19-282310-8)
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Plato Phaedrusby Plato, Robin WaterfieldISBN 0192802771 (0-19-280277-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Plato Phaedrus'Book summary:Phaedrus is widely recognized as one of Plato's most profound and beautiful works. It takes the form of a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus and its ostensible subject is love, especially homoerotic love. Socrates reveals it to be a kind of divine madness that can allow our souls to grow wings and soar to their greatest heights. Then the conversation changes direction and turns to a discussion of rhetoric, which must be based on truth passionately sought, thus allying it to philosophy. The dialogue closes by denigrating the value of the written word in any context, compared to the living teaching of a Socratic philosopher.
The shifts of topic and register have given rise to doubts about the unity of the dialogue, doubts which are addressed in the introduction to this volume. Full explanatory notes also elucidate issues throughout the dialogue that might puzzle a modern reader. [via]More editions of Plato Phaedrus:
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The Republicby Plato, Robin WaterfieldISBN 0192833707 (0-19-283370-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Republic'Book summary:The central work of one of the West's greatest philosophers, The Republic of Plato is a masterpiece of insight and feeling, the finest of the Socratic dialogues, and one of the great books of Western culture. This new translation captures the dramatic realism, poetic beauty, intellectual vitality, and emotional power of Plato at the height of his powers. Deftly weaving three main strands of argument into an artistic whole--the ethical and political, the aesthetic and mystical, and the metaphysical--Plato explores in The Republic the elements of the ideal community, where morality can be achieved in a balance of wisdom, courage, and restraint. [via]
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Roman Lives: A Selection of Eight Livesby Plutarch, Robin Waterfield , Philip A. StadterISBN 019282502X (0-19-282502-X)
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In the eight lives of this collection Plutarch introduces the reader to the major figures and periods of classical Rome. He portrays virtues to be emulated and vices to be avoided, but his purpose is also implicitly to educate and warn those in his own day who wielded power. In prose that is rich, elegant and sprinkled with learned references, he explores with an extraordinary degree of insight the interplay of character and political action. While drawing chiefly on historical sources, he brings to biography a natural story-teller's ear for a good anecdote. Throughout the ages Plutarch's Lives have been valued for their historical value and their charm. This new translation will introduce new generations to his urbane erudition. The most comprehensive selection available, it is accompanied by a lucid introduction, explanatory notes, bibliographies, maps and indexes. [via]More editions of Roman Lives: A Selection of Eight Lives:
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Symposiumby Plato, Robin WaterfieldISBN 0192834274 (0-19-283427-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Symposium'Book summary:In his celebrated masterpiece, Symposium, Plato imagines a high-society dinner-party in Athens in 416 BC. The guests--including the comic poet Aristophanes and Plato's mentor Socrates--each deliver a short speech in praise of love. The sequence of dazzling speeches culminates in Socrates' famous account of the views of Diotima, a prophetess who taught him that love is our means of trying to attain goodness, and a brilliant sketch of Socrates himself by a drunken Alcibiades, the most popular and notorious Athenian of the time. Engaging the reader on every page, this new translation conveys the power, humor, and pathos of Plato's creation and is complemented by full explanatory notes and an illuminating introduction. [via]
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