Classical & Ancient Civilizations - Egypt , Greece & Rome

Apuleius - The Golden Ass ( Translated by Robert Graves) - Vintage Penguin Classic 1964

A normal man of high status is transformed by witchery into a donkey. He cannot talk and so is presumed to be a beast of burden, passing between many hands as he searches for freedom. In this state,...

Brockhampton Reference / Dictionary of Egyptology (Hardback)

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Charles Seltman / Women in Antiquity (Vintage Paperback)

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Christian Meier / Caesar : A Biography (Large Paperback)

 As politician and diplomat, writer and lover, but above all as a military genius, Julius Caesar is one of the perennially fascinating figures in history--Boswell called him "the greatest man of...

David Grene & Richmond Lattimore ( Editors ) - Greek Tragedies Volume 3 ( Aeschylus : The Eumenides) ( Sophocles : Philoctetes) ( Sophocles Oedipus at Coonus) ( Euripides : The Bacchae) ( Euripides : Alcestis)

Published by the University of Chicago Press, Volume 3 ( standalone) of the series.  TRANSLATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS - each translator also provides a brief introduction.  Richmond Lattimore...

David R. Slavitt ( Editor) / Plautus : The Comedies, Volume I (Large Paperback)

The works of Plautus," writes Palmer Bovie, "mark the real beginning of Roman literature." In these lively new translations, which effectively communicate the vitality and verve of the originals, the...

E.A Wallis Budge- The Mummy : A Handbook of Egyptian Funerary Archaeology

This fascinating, erudite, generously illustrated study offers comprehensive and meticulously detailed coverage of mummification processes, burial practices and goods, ritual texts, gods, graves,...

Euripides - Medea and Other Plays ( Medea, Heracles, Hecabe, Electra) ( Vintage Penguin Classics PB ) - Translated by Philip Vellacott

Four plays which exemplify his interest in flawed, characters who defy the expectations of Greek society, Euripides' Medea and Other Plays is translated with an introduction by Philip Vellacott in...

Flavius Publishing/ Pompeii Guide to the Archaeological Excavations (Large Paperback)

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Fry Stephen / Heroes: Mortals and Monsters Quests and Adventures (Large Paperback)

 There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes. Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming...

Harry Mount / Amo, Amas, Amat ... and All That

 "If you know someone who missed out on Latin at school and wants to live a happier life, you could do no better than give them Harry Mount's entertainingly educative Latin primer." Daily...

Harry Mount / Amo, Amas, Amat... and All That: How to Become a Latin Lover (Hardback)

Those endless afternoons where you struggled to remember the third person singular present indicative of volo (vult) may be a long time ago. But, if you have the vaguest memory of the ablative...

Homer / The Iliad

With an Introduction and Notes by Adam Roberts, Royal Holloway, University of London. The product of more than a decade's continuous work (1598-1611), Chapman's translation of Homer's great poem of...

J.P.V.D. Balsdon / Roman Civilization (Vintage Paperback)

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Jerry Toner / The Ancient World: Ideas in Profile

Ideas in Small Introductions to Big TopicsThis introduction to the ancient world, part of the Ideas in Profile series, covers all its different cultures, from the million people crammed into Rome to...

Kate Gilliver / Rome at War (Coffee Table Book)

The story of a small town that rose to become the most powerful empire of the ancient world has been an inspiration to generations of people. Even after the collapse of the Roman Empire, many...

Leonard Cottrell - Life Under the Pharaohs- Vintage illustrated Pan PB

Life Under the Pharaohs - Pan PB Edition, 1957 ( 1st published 1955)  This work is an introduction to everyday life in ancient Egypt: homes, dress, amusements, the life of women and children,...

Mary Beard / SPQR

 Sunday Times Top 10 BestsellerShortlisted for a British Book Industry Book of the Year Award 2016The new series Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit is on BBC2 nowAncient Rome matters.Its...

Moses Hadas / Greek Drama (Vintage Paperback)

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Mustafa Askin / Troy (Coffee Table Book)

An examination of the history, legends, facts and new developments of Troy.       This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Nigel Rodger / The Roman Army (Coffee Table Book)

This authoritative, fact filled history traces the growth of the Roman army fromits earlydays as an unpaid citizen's mililtia to its establishment as a world conquering professional force...

Plato / Defence of Socrates/Euthyphro/Crito

These new translations of the Defence of Socrates, the Euthyphro, and the Crito present Plato's remarkable dramatizations of the momentous events surrounding the trial of Socrates in 399 BC, on...

Plutarch / The Fall of the Roman Republic

Brings together biographical sketches of six men who lived during the period of foreign and civil war that marked the collapse of the Roman RepublicAll of our books are second hand, and while you may...

R.G Collingwood - Roman Britain and the English Settlements - 2ed HB 1961 ( Originally 1936)

There are two sides to Roman Britain, the British side and the Roman side...in this volume we do justice to both these sides. From the point of view of England, the Roman period seems an isolated and...

Richard Abdy/ Romano-British Coin Hoards (Large Paperback)

This is not a study of Romano-British coins per se , but rather a study of hoards found in the former provinces of Britannia. It combines both an introduction to hoarding, discussing some of the...

Robert A. Armour / Gods and Myths of Ancient Egypt (Large Paperback)

  Robert Armour's classic text, long cherished by a generation of readers, is now complemented with more than 50 new photographs and line drawings that show the gods and goddesses in their...

Robert Hughes / Rome (Hardback)

The founding of Rome is shrouded in legend, but current archaeological evidence supports the theory that Rome grew from pastoral settlements and coalesced into a city in the 8th century BC. This...

Sophocles - Oedipus Coloneus ( With a Commentary by Shuckburgh & Jebb) - HB 1903 Edition )

With full text in Greek , full commentary in English, notes , grammar, map, textual analysis .  Oedipus at Colonus (also Oedipus...

Sophocles - The Three Theban Plays : Antigone / Oedipus the King ( aka Oedipus Rex) / Oedipus at Colonus ( Translation by E.F Watling)

Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, Sophocles' The Three Theban Plays are among the most enduring and timeless dramas ever written. This Penguin Classics edition is translated by Robert Fagles...

Sophocles - The Three Theban Plays : Antigone / Oedipus the King ( Oedipus Rex) / Oedipus at Colonus ( Translated by Robert Fagles )

Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, Sophocles' The Three Theban Plays are among the most enduring and timeless dramas ever written. This Penguin Classics edition is translated by Robert Fagles...

Stephen Fry / Mythos : The Greek Myths Retold

 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A romp through the lives of ancient Greek gods. Fry is at his story-telling best . . . the gods will be pleased' The TimesDiscover Stephen Fry's magnificent...

Stephen Fry / Troy (Large Paperback)

 Pre-order Stephen Fry's bewitching retelling of the legend of Troy - a tale of love and war, passion and power - following his sensational bestsellers MYTHOS and HEROES 'Troy. The most...

The Laurel Cassical Drama: Roman Drama (Vintage Paperback)

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Thomas Bulfinch / Myths of Greece and Rome (Coffee Table Book)

Orpheus leading his beloved Eurydice back to life … Ulysses battling to resist the mesmerising Sirens’ song … The tragedy of the vengeful Medea …The timeless stories of the...

Thomas Hoving - Tutankhamun : The Untold Story - PB - 1980

Former Metropolitan Museum of Art director Hoving recounts Howard Carter's search for Tut's tomb, and the international confrontations that followed, as Carter kept other archeologists away from his...

Thucydides / History of the Peloponnesian War

 'With icy remorselessness, it puts paid to any notion that the horrors of modern history might be an aberration - for it tells of universal war, of terrorism, revolution and genocide' Tom...

Tom Holland / Persian Fire : The First World Empire, Battle for the West (Hardback)

  In 480 BC, Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its success should have been a formality. For seventy years, victory - rapid, spectacular victory - had seemed the...

Tom Holland / Persian Fire: The First World Empire, Battle for the West (Large Paperback)

In 480 BC, Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its success should have been a formality. For seventy years, victory - rapid, spectacular victory - had seemed the...

Tom Holland / Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic

The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among marshes and hills ended up ruling the known world. Rubicon paints a vivid...

Ulrich Wilcken / Alexander the Great (Large Paperback)

 Eugene N. Borza (Editor), G C. Richards (Translator) Here is one of the great biographies of Alexander, in its original form, brought fully up to date with findings of modern...

Vicky Dikou-Adwera / Greek Mythology (Large Paperback)

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Virgil / The Pastoral Poems (The Ecologues)(Vintage Paperback)

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