Classics (Antiquity)
Quatrains of Omar Khayyam of Nishapur
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Omar Khayyám
In 1906, Eben Francis Thompson,scholar and poet, published a limited edition of his translation of the Quatrains of Omar Khayyam. This editi…
Von der Muße des Weisen (De Otio)
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
De Otio, ist ein philosophischer Dialog. Darin äußert sich Seneca über seine Ansichten bezüglich des otium, wobei die &…
Electra (Storr Translation)
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Sophocles
Electra or Elektra is a Greek tragedy by Sophocles. Its date is not known, but various stylistic similarities with the Philoctetes (409 BC) …
Ars Poetica and Carmen Saeculare
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Quintus Horatius Flaccus
The Ars Poetica, by Horace, also known as Epistula ad Pisones, is a treatise on poetry written in the form of a letter, and published around…
Trachiniai (Campbell Translation)
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Sophocles
Women of Trachis (Ancient Greek: Τραχίνιαι, Trachiniai; also translated as The Trachiniae or The Trachinian Maidens) is an Athenian tragedy …
On the Shortness of Life
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
De Brevitate Vitae (English: On the Shortness of Life) is a moral essay written by Seneca the Younger, a Roman Stoic philosopher, sometime a…
Las Vidas Paralelas Tomo IV
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Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus
Vidas Paralelas de Plutarco narra la vida de diferentes personajes históricos y también compara unos con otros. Es un libro al…
Iphigenia in Tauris (Murray Translation)
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Euripides
The apparent sacrifice of Iphigenia at Aulis by her own father Agamemnon was forestalled by the godness Artemis, who by an adroit sleight of…
The White Elephant And Other Tales from Old India Retold
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Georgene Faulkner
This book is a collection of short stories from India. - Summary by sid
On the Sublime
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Unknowntranslated Byherbert Lord Havell and Translated Byherbert Lord Havell
This is a classical text on aesthetics and proper style in writing and rhetoric, including commentary on various ancient Greek works such as…
Briefe Teil 1 (Epistulae morales ad Lucilium)
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Epistulae morales ad Lucilium sind eine Sammlung von 124 Briefen. In den Briefen erteilt Seneca Ratschläge, wie Lucilius, von dem lange…
The Fall of Troy
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Quintus Smyrnaeus
The Fall of Troy also called "Posthomeric" is an account of the Trojan war from the Arrival of Penthesleia to the sack of Troy.(su…
Iphigenie in Aulis
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Euripides
Iphigenie in Aulis übersetzt aus dem Euripides von Friedrich von Schiller. Die Gesinnungen in diesem Stücke sind groß und ed…
On Benefits (De Beneficiis)
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
De Beneficiis (English: On Benefits) is one of the moral essays composed by Seneca, Roman author of the 1st century CE. It deals with Stoic …
Iphigenia in Aulis (Way translation)
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Euripides
Iphigenia in Aulis (Ancient Greek: Ἰφιγένεια ἐν Αὐλίδι) is the last extant work of the playwright Euripides. Written between 408, after the …
A Critical History of Greek Philosophy
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Walter Terence Stace
This book contains the substance, and for the most part the words, of a course of public lectures delivered during the first three months of…
The Odyssey (Version 4)
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Homer
Homer's "The Odyssey" forms the template of practically every adventure story that has been told in the West since it was composed…
Eclogae (dramatic reading)
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Virgil
This book of poems, written between 42 en 39 BC, was a bestseller in ancient Rome, and still holds a fascination today. Held to be divinely …
The Tragedy of Mariam
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Elizabeth Cary
The Tragedy of Mariam (1613) is the first original drama written in English by a woman. Elizabeth Cary drew on Jewish histories by Josephus …
Vairagya Shatakam
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Bhartṛhari
Vairagya Shatakam is one of the best books that gives the true picture of Renunciation. The book talks on how a common man gets lured by the…