Ancient Greek and Roman literature

Nearly two thousand years after it was written, Meditations remains profoundly relevant for anyone seeking to lead a meaningful life.

Plato was a philosopher in Ancient Greece.

Plato (428/427-348/347 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician of the Classic Age who founded the Academy of Athens.

As chief advisor to the emperor Nero, Lucius Annaeus Seneca was most influential in ancient Rome as a power behind the throne.

Plato (428/427-348/347 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician of the Classic Age who founded the Academy of Athens.

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Plato (428/427-348/347 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician of the Classic Age who founded the Academy of Athens.

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Plato (428/427-348/347 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician of the Classic Age who founded the Academy of Athens.

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Plato (428/427-348/347 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician of the Classic Age who founded the Academy of Athens.

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Plato was a philosopher in Ancient Greece.

With A to Z Classics, discover or rediscover all the classics of literature.

Plato (428/427-348/347 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician of the Classic Age who founded the Academy of Athens.

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A general introduction to the classical world from its origins to the fall of the Roman Empire.

The examination of Lucretian reception in Latin poetry has been served well by scholars.

This is the first large-scale edition with introduction and commentary of Pindar's First Pythian Ode.

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Sophocles addresses themes of civil disobedience, fidelity, and love for family; and questions which law is greater: the gods' or man's-in this play that challenged many established mores of Ancient Greece.

Set in the city of Argos a few years after the Trojan war, 'Electra' recounts the tale of Electra and the vengeance that she and her brother Orestes take on their mother Clytemnestra and step father Aegisthus for the murder of their father, Agamemnon.

Sophocles' play is a famous retelling of Aias's (Ajax's) demise.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest Greek tragedies, 'King Oedipus' (or 'Oedipus Rex') is the first play in the Oedipus trilogy (followed by 'Oedipus at Colonus' and then 'Antigone').

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles.

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles.

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles.

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles.

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles.

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles.

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles.

Follow Aeneas as he flees a burning Troy with his family and sets out on a dangerous journey to found what will one day become The Roman Empire.

Oedipus was the son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta.

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles.

'Medea' is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea, and first produced in 431 BC.

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles.

King Agamemnon returns victorious from the Trojan War, where dark foreshadowings develop.

Ten tragedies by one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, namely Hecuba, Orestes, The Ph nician Virgins, Medea, Hippolytus, Alcestis, The Bacchae, The Heraclidae, Iphigenia in Aulis, and Iphigenia in Tauris.

Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.

Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.

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'Tempest has a gift for shattering and transcending convention.

The Aeneid - thrilling, terrifying and poignant in equal measure - has inspired centuries of artists, writers and musicians.

Discover more about the heroes of The Odyssey, now a major film directed by Christopher Nolan.

Among the oldest adventure stories still told, Homer's Odyssey - rendered here in prose - follows Odysseus, hero-king of Ithaca, through ten years of trial on his long voyage home from the Trojan War.