Norton Critical Editions:Folk Tales, Myths and Epics

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  The Oresteia: A Norton Critical Edition

  Aeschylus, Joshua Billings, Oliver Taplin

  First Edition

  Paperback

  “This critical edition provides a lavish and fulsome picture of ancient Greek tragedy’s most significant surviving document.” —Johanna Hanink, Brown University

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  Medea: A Norton Critical Edition

  Euripides, Sheila Murnaghan

  First Edition

  Paperback

  This Norton Critical Edition, edited by one of the pre-eminent scholars in the field, gathers together research on this Greek tragedy, bringing Medea to life for a contemporary audience.

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  The Analects: A Norton Critical Edition

  Confucius, Michael Nylan, Simon Leys

  First Edition

  Paperback

  “Leys has made Confucius speak English more persuasively than any translator to date. His achievement is one of simplicity. . . . Leys sees his task as making the Confucius of the Analects fully persuasive again. He does this brilliantly.”
  —Stephen Owen, The New Republic
  

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  The Histories: A Norton Critical Edition

  Herodotus, Walter Blanco, Jennifer Tolbert Roberts, Walter Blanco

  Second Edition

  Paperback

  Walter Blanco’s acclaimed translation of The Histories is now available in its entirety in this revised and expanded Norton Critical Edition.

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  The Arabian Nights: A Norton Critical Edition

  Husain Haddawy, Daniel Heller-Roazen, Muhsin Mahdi

  First Edition

  Paperback

  This Norton Critical Edition includes twenty-eight tales from The Arabian Nights translated by Husain Haddawy on the basis of the oldest existing Arabic manuscript.