Mark Aurel (121 180 n. Chr.) war der sechzehnte römische Kaiser und einer der mächtigsten, aber a...

An exquisite abridged edition of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations by a renowned translator

Zu seinen Lebzeiten und danach galt Platon, einer der bedeutendsten Philosophen aller Zeiten, als...

A hugely influential philosophical work of prose poetry, Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet is an inspir...

'A definitive new translation of Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesian War'

A fascinating, accessible, and up-to-date history of the Ancient Greeks. Covering the Archaic, Cl...

In his celebrated masterpiece, Symposium, Plato imagines a high-society dinner-party in Athens in...

Republic is the central work of the Western world's most famous philosopher. Essentially an inqui...

These first philosophers paved the way for the work of Plato and Aristotle - and hence for the wh...

'The god wanted everything to be good, marred by as little imperfection as possible.'Timaeus, one...

For both new and longtime readers, Robin Waterfield’s definitive translation and rich annotations...

This book, the first ever biography of the father of philosophy, tracks Plato's life from his chi...

From a renowned scholar and translator, the definitive translation of Aesop’s Fables Aesop’s fabl...

This book, the first ever biography of the father of philosophy, tracks Plato's life from his chi...

From a preeminent scholar and translator, the definitive translation of Aristotle’s essential wor...

From a renowned scholar and translator, a 'lively and colloquial' (Wall Street Journal) translati...

The Greek myths contain some of the most thrilling, romantic and unforgettable stories in all hum...

In these four dialogues Plato considers virtue and its definition. Charmides, Laches,and Lysisinv...

Alexander * Demosthenes * Phocion * Eumenes * Demetrius * Pyrrhus * Agis and Cleomenes * Aratus *...

Translation of: Theological principles of arithmetic.

Aware of these myths, Robin Waterfield has examined the actual Greek sources and presents here a ...

We Greeks are one in blood and one in language; we have temples to the gods and religious rites i...

For many centuries, Aristotle's Physics was the essential starting point for anyone who wished to...

Alexander the Great conquers the New York Times best-selling Who Was...? series!When Alexander wa...

Orestes and Other Plays provides new translations of Ion, Orestes, The Phoenician Women and The S...

Lycurgus, Pericles, Solon, Nicias, Themistocles, Alcibiades, Cimon, Agesilaus, Alexander`I treat ...

After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC, a number of his followers wrote dialogues featuring hi...

A gripping account of one of the great forgotten wars of history, revealing how Alexander the Gre...

'Some of our greatest blessings come from madnessPhaedrus is widely recognized as one of Plato's ...

In The Expedition of Cyrus, Xenophon told how, in 401 B.C., a band of Greek mercenaries traveled ...

The Expedition of Cyrus tells the story of the epic march of the Ten Thousand, an army recruited ...

The Romans first set military foot on Greek soil in 229 BCE; only sixty or so years later it was ...

Alcestis * Heracles * Children of Heracles * CyclopsEuripides wrote about timeless themes, of fri...

Socrates' trial and death together form an iconic moment in Western civilization. The picture we ...

It is 401 BC. After an epic battle in Persia, Xenophon is elected general of the defeated Greek a...

The Romans first set military foot on Greek soil in 229 BCE; only sixty or so years later it was ...

As a cobbler in Gorlitz, Jacob Boehme (1575-1624) came into contact with many great thinkers who ...

Herodotus is not only known as the `father of history', as Cicero called him, but also the father...

'no one else in our times has attempted to write a universal history'Polybius' ambitious goal was...

Is there anyone on earth who is so narrow-minded or uninquisitive that he could fail to want to k...

For all men are persuaded by considerations of where their interest lies...Aristotle's Art of Rhe...

'Even if everyone else succumbs to slavery, we must still fight for our freedom.'Admired by many ...

Marcus CatoSullaAemilius PaullusPompeyThe GracchiMariusJulius CaesarAnthony'I treat the narrative...

A handsome hardcover edition of Robin Waterfield’s definitive translation, with rich annotations ...

In the third century BCE, Macedon dominated mainland Greece, but was rapidly descending into chao...

'One of the most important Stoic philosophers is Epictetus. Epictetus (c. 50 - 135 CE) was a Gree...

The complete surviving works of Epictetus, the most influential Stoic philosopher from antiquity.

'That was how things stood in the city at the time. With no one in charge, murders were taking pl...