Classics

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  The Battle That Stopped Rome: Emperor Augustus, Arminius, and the Slaughter of the Legions in the Teutoburg Forest

  Peter S. Wells

  Paperback

  The previously untold story of the watershed battle that changed the course of Western history.

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  The Decameron

  Giovanni Boccaccio, Wayne A. Rebhorn

  Hardcover

  "Celebrated in the Renaissance as the foremost stylist of Italian prose, Boccaccio has seldom met his match in English translation...Wayne Rebhorn’s fluid and dynamic rendition hits the mark on every page." —William J. Kennedy, Cornell University

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  Greek Science After Aristotle

  G. E. R. Lloyd

  Paperback

  Although there is no exact equivalent to our term "science" in Greek, Western science may still be said to originate with the Greeks.

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  The Greek Way

  Edith Hamilton

  Paperback

  Edith Hamilton buoyantly captures the spirit and achievements of the Greek civilization for our modern world.

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  Metamorphoses: A New Translation

  Ovid, Charles Martin, Bernard M. W. Knox

  Paperback

  "A version that has been long awaited, and likely to become the new standard."—Michael Dirda, Washington Post