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The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired...

The most celebrated plays of ancient Athens-Sophocles's seven surviving...

The text is accompanied by a wealth of carefully...

Little Black Classics - the new series to celebrate...

Bringing together the masterpieces of classical tragedy in one...

'Two things give Kitto's classic book its enduring freshness:...

The death of Socrates may be the most famous...

From fire-stealing Prometheus to scene-stealing Helen of Troy, from...

'If you put me to death,' Socrates warned his...

Penguin Classics relaunch. The trial and condemnation of Socrates...

'Georgette Heyer is unbeatable.' Sunday Telegraph. A beautifully repackaged...

A Plato Reader offers eight of Plato's best-known works--Euthyphro,...

A charismatic and controversial figure, Lacan is one of...

Following the overwhelming success of Great Ideas' launch, with...

A vivid, contemporary translation of the greatest Greek love...

The New York Times bestselling author of The Geography...

"The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition...

Alain de Botton, best-selling author of How Proust can...

A poem for the ages, freshly and accessibly translated...

Sophie's come a long way since the day she...

Reissue of Aristophanes' most famous plays in the Methuen...

Contemporary translations of four Greek tragedies that speak across...

Euripides V includes the plays "The Bacchae," translated by...

New translation of One of Plato's major dialogues, popular...