Aeneas flees the ashes of Troy to found the city of Rome and change forever the course of the Western world -- as literature as well.

Virgil's Aeneid

There is a well-known saying that the whole of Western Philosophy is footnotes of Plato. This is because his writings have set the schema that philosophy can be said to have followed ever si ...more on ebook "Crito - PLATO..."

Aristotle's works have influenced science, religion, and philosophy for nearly two thousand years. He could be thought of as the father of logical thought. Aristotle wrote: "There is nothing ...more on ebook "On Memory and Reminiscence - ARISTO..."

When Bast picks up Trick, a street hustler with few prospects, Trick is prepared to play along, to have some fun. What he's not prepared for is falling in love. Good thing for him the obsess ...more on ebook "The Odyssey (The English verse tran..."

CliffsNotes Euripides Electra and Medea ...more on ebook "CliffsNotes Euripides Electra and M..."

There is a well-known saying that the whole of Western Philosophy is footnotes of Plato. This is because his writings have set the schema that philosophy can be said to have followed ever si ...more on ebook "Critas - PLATO..."

Unfortunately almost all of Aristotle's original works have been lost yet his ideas and philosophy were so widely known throughout the world that we still have many of these great volumes of ...more on ebook "History of Animals - ARISTOTLE..."

George Kennedy's three volumes on classical rhetoric have long been regarded as authoritative treatments of the subject. This new volume, an extensive revision and abridgment of The Art of P ...more on ebook "A New History of Classical Rhetoric..."

This is the first book systematically to analyze Kirk Douglas’ and Stanley Kubrick’s depiction of the slave revolt led by Spartacus from different historical, political, and cine ...more on ebook "Spartacus: Film and History..."

There is a well-known saying that the whole of Western Philosophy is footnotes of Plato. This is because his writings have set the schema that philosophy can be said to have followed ever si ...more on ebook "The Apology - PLATO..."