🏺 Classical Athens

The democratic experiment, philosophical ferment, and cultural brilliance of fifth- and fourth-century Athens brought vividly to life — a city that invented so much of what we still argue about today.

Lords of the Sea

by John R. Hale • 2009

The oar built Athenian democracy. Two centuries later, a lost fleet destroyed it.

4.18

2k+

🏺 Athenian Empire 🚢 Maritime Empire ⚔️ Persian Wars

Lords of the Sea 92%

The oar built Athenian democracy. Two centuries later, a lost fleet destroyed it.

by John R. Hale 2009

4.18

2k+ ratings

🏺 Athenian Empire 🚢 Maritime Empire ⚔️ Persian Wars

Eureka!

by Peter V. Jones • 2014

Never a nation, always a competition. The story of ancient Greece that skips the boring parts.

3.53

445

🏛️ Ancient Greece 📚 Popular History ⚡ Greek Mythology

Eureka! 92%

Never a nation, always a competition. The story of ancient Greece that skips the boring parts.

by Peter V. Jones 2014

3.53

445 ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greece 📚 Popular History ⚡ Greek Mythology

Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea

by Thomas Cahill • 2004

Greek soldiers, poets, thinkers assembled the Western mind. Their answers remain our questions.

3.75

3k+

🏛️ Ancient Greece 🌍 Western Civilization 📜 Epic Poetry

Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea 92%

Greek soldiers, poets, thinkers assembled the Western mind. Their answers remain our questions.

by Thomas Cahill 2004

3.75

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greece 🌍 Western Civilization 📜 Epic Poetry

A History of Ancient Greece in Fifty Lives

by David Stuttard • 2014

From Homer to Plutarch, fifty Greek lives reveal a civilization built on myth, war, and reinvention.

3.82

233

🏛️ Greek City-States 👤 Biographical History 📜 Myth And History

A History of Ancient Greece in Fifty Lives Summary

A History of Ancient Greece in Fifty Lives 92%

From Homer to Plutarch, fifty Greek lives reveal a civilization built on myth, war, and reinvention.

by David Stuttard 2014

3.82

233 ratings

🏛️ Greek City-States 👤 Biographical History 📜 Myth And History

Democracy

by Paul Cartledge • 2016

Ancient democracy meant the poor ruled directly. Modern democracy was built to stop that.

3.80

215

🏛️ Athenian Democracy 🗳️ Direct Democracy 🏢 Representative Government

Democracy 92%

Ancient democracy meant the poor ruled directly. Modern democracy was built to stop that.

by Paul Cartledge 2016

3.80

215 ratings

🏛️ Athenian Democracy 🗳️ Direct Democracy 🏢 Representative Government

Ancient Greece

by Thomas R. Martin • 1992

A journey from the Minoans to Alexander, explaining how Greece shaped the Western world.

3.98

3k+

🏛️ Ancient Greece 🏙️ The Greek Polis ⚔️ Ancient Warfare

Ancient Greece 92%

A journey from the Minoans to Alexander, explaining how Greece shaped the Western world.

by Thomas R. Martin 1992

3.98

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greece 🏙️ The Greek Polis ⚔️ Ancient Warfare

A History of Ancient Greece

by Eric H. Cline • 2006

Before Rome, Greece invented the West. Then Athens and Sparta tore it apart.

3.91

163

🏛️ Ancient Greece 🏺 Classical Antiquity 🏝️ Aegean Prehistory

A History of Ancient Greece 92%

Before Rome, Greece invented the West. Then Athens and Sparta tore it apart.

by Eric H. Cline 2006

3.91

163 ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greece 🏺 Classical Antiquity 🏝️ Aegean Prehistory

Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens

by Josiah Ober • 1989

An ancient democracy defied the drift toward oligarchy. The secret was rhetoric, not rules.

3.71

🏛️ Ancient Democracy 🗣️ Rhetoric And Politics 🗳️ Direct Democracy

Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens Summary

Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens 92%

An ancient democracy defied the drift toward oligarchy. The secret was rhetoric, not rules.

by Josiah Ober 1989

3.71

48 ratings

🏛️ Ancient Democracy 🗣️ Rhetoric And Politics 🗳️ Direct Democracy

Plato at the Googleplex

by Rebecca Goldstein • 2014

Plato, alive today, would walk into Google and ask questions Silicon Valley still cannot answer.

3.85

2k+

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Plato at the Googleplex 91%

Plato, alive today, would walk into Google and ask questions Silicon Valley still cannot answer.

by Rebecca Goldstein 2014

3.85

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Philosophy ❓ Socratic Method 🎯 Excellence And Virtue

The Plague of War

by Jennifer T. Roberts • 2017

Athens and Sparta destroyed each other in a war neither wanted. The only winner was Macedon.

3.94

179

🏛️ Ancient Greece ⚔️ Peloponnesian War 🗳️ Athenian Democracy

The Plague of War 91%

Athens and Sparta destroyed each other in a war neither wanted. The only winner was Macedon.

by Jennifer T. Roberts 2017

3.94

179 ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greece ⚔️ Peloponnesian War 🗳️ Athenian Democracy

Athens on Trial

by Jennifer T. Roberts • 1994

Ancient Athens was the West's cautionary tale against democracy for two millennia. What changed?

3.60

📚 Intellectual History 🏛️ Classical Reception 🗳️ Athenian Democracy

Athens on Trial 91%

Ancient Athens was the West's cautionary tale against democracy for two millennia. What changed?

by Jennifer T. Roberts 1994

3.60

10 ratings

📚 Intellectual History 🏛️ Classical Reception 🗳️ Athenian Democracy

History of the Peloponnesian War

by Thucydides

Athens rose, Sparta panicked, and a 27-year catastrophe was the only outcome.

3.95

41k+

🏛️ Ancient Greece ⚔️ Military History 🦅 Power Politics

History of the Peloponnesian War Summary

History of the Peloponnesian War 91%

Athens rose, Sparta panicked, and a 27-year catastrophe was the only outcome.

by Thucydides

3.95

41k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greece ⚔️ Military History 🦅 Power Politics

From Democrats to Kings

by Michael Scott • 2009

How a brutal, forgotten century of war turned democracies into kingdoms and gave us Alexander.

3.83

249

🏛️ Ancient Greece ⏳ Fourth Century Bc 🗳️ City State Politics

From Democrats to Kings 91%

How a brutal, forgotten century of war turned democracies into kingdoms and gave us Alexander.

by Michael Scott 2009

3.83

249 ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greece ⏳ Fourth Century Bc 🗳️ City State Politics

درباره اورستیا

by Simon Goldhill • 1992

Why the charter myth of Western theatre is far more unsettling than its torchlit finale admits.

3.98

🏛️ Athenian Tragedy ⚖️ Justice And Revenge 🎭 Tragic Form

درباره اورستیا 91%

Why the charter myth of Western theatre is far more unsettling than its torchlit finale admits.

by Simon Goldhill 1992

3.98

63 ratings

🏛️ Athenian Tragedy ⚖️ Justice And Revenge 🎭 Tragic Form

The Peloponnesian War

by Donald Kagan • 2003

Fear of a rising rival ignited a 27-year war. Its shape still governs great-power conflict today.

4.13

5k+

🏛️ Ancient Greece ⚔️ Military Strategy ⛵ Naval Warfare

The Peloponnesian War 91%

Fear of a rising rival ignited a 27-year war. Its shape still governs great-power conflict today.

by Donald Kagan 2003

4.13

5k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greece ⚔️ Military Strategy ⛵ Naval Warfare

Demopolis

by Josiah Ober • 2019

180 years of democracy without liberalism: what Athens reveals about the fundamentals of self-rule.

3.40

🗳️ Democratic Theory 🏛️ Athenian Democracy ⚖️ Political Legitimacy

Demopolis 90%

180 years of democracy without liberalism: what Athens reveals about the fundamentals of self-rule.

by Josiah Ober 2019

3.40

25 ratings

🗳️ Democratic Theory 🏛️ Athenian Democracy ⚖️ Political Legitimacy

The Spartans

by Paul Cartledge • 2002

The 300 Spartans died to preserve a system of mass enslavement; heroism and horror were one.

3.78

3k+

🏛️ Ancient Greece ⚔️ Spartan History ⛓️ Ancient Slavery

The Spartans 90%

The 300 Spartans died to preserve a system of mass enslavement; heroism and horror were one.

by Paul Cartledge 2002

3.78

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greece ⚔️ Spartan History ⛓️ Ancient Slavery

Early Socratic Dialogues

by Plato

Virtue is knowledge, wickedness is ignorance, and Socrates proved that no one in Athens had either.

4.05

417

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 🏺 Greek Ethics 💬 Socratic Method

Early Socratic Dialogues 90%

Virtue is knowledge, wickedness is ignorance, and Socrates proved that no one in Athens had either.

by Plato

4.05

417 ratings

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 🏺 Greek Ethics 💬 Socratic Method

The Battle of Salamis

by Barry S. Strauss • 2004

One lie trapped Persia's 1300 ships in a narrow strait, and Western civilization survived.

4.10

1k+

🏛️ Ancient Greece 👑 Persian Empire ⚔️ Greco-Persian Wars

The Battle of Salamis 90%

One lie trapped Persia's 1300 ships in a narrow strait, and Western civilization survived.

by Barry S. Strauss 2004

4.10

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greece 👑 Persian Empire ⚔️ Greco-Persian Wars

On Sparta

by Plutarch

Lycurgus designed a state that produced fearless soldiers. Wealth broke it faster than any enemy.

4.12

2k+

🏛️ Ancient Greek History 📜 Classical Biography 🗳️ Ancient Political Thought

On Sparta 90%

Lycurgus designed a state that produced fearless soldiers. Wealth broke it faster than any enemy.

by Plutarch

4.12

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greek History 📜 Classical Biography 🗳️ Ancient Political Thought

The Last of the Wine

by Mary Renault • 2001

Amid Athens' ruin, a young man's love for a comrade and Socrates' philosophy become his armor.

4.04

7k+

🏛️ Ancient Athens Setting ❤️‍🔥 Gay Romance In Antiquity 🧠 Socratic Philosophy

The Last of the Wine 90%

Amid Athens' ruin, a young man's love for a comrade and Socrates' philosophy become his armor.

by Mary Renault 2001

4.04

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Athens Setting ❤️‍🔥 Gay Romance In Antiquity 🧠 Socratic Philosophy

Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens

by Robin Waterfield • 2018

One culture, a thousand warring city-states: the split that built ancient Greece and doomed it.

3.92

436

🏛️ Ancient Greece 🗳️ Democratic Origins 🏺 Greek Identity

Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens Summary

Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens 90%

One culture, a thousand warring city-states: the split that built ancient Greece and doomed it.

by Robin Waterfield 2018

3.92

436 ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greece 🗳️ Democratic Origins 🏺 Greek Identity

Nemesis

by David Stuttard • 2018

He charmed Athens, betrayed Sparta, and schemed in Persia. His ambition cost Athens its empire.

4.28

162

🏺 Ancient Greece ⚔️ Peloponnesian War 🗳️ Athenian Democracy

Nemesis 90%

He charmed Athens, betrayed Sparta, and schemed in Persia. His ambition cost Athens its empire.

by David Stuttard 2018

4.28

162 ratings

🏺 Ancient Greece ⚔️ Peloponnesian War 🗳️ Athenian Democracy

Carmide

by Plato

What is temperance? The pursuit leads Socrates to ask whether knowledge can study only itself.

3.53

2k+

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 💬 Socratic Dialogue ⚖️ Virtue Ethics

Carmide 90%

What is temperance? The pursuit leads Socrates to ask whether knowledge can study only itself.

by Plato

3.53

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 💬 Socratic Dialogue ⚖️ Virtue Ethics

Persian Fire

by Tom Holland • 2005

An ancient clash of civilizations: how a tiny Greece stopped a superpower, and invented the West.

4.17

12k+

🏛️ Ancient History 🦁 Persian Empire 🏺 Ancient Greece

Persian Fire 90%

An ancient clash of civilizations: how a tiny Greece stopped a superpower, and invented the West.

by Tom Holland 2005

4.17

12k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient History 🦁 Persian Empire 🏺 Ancient Greece

Conversations of Socrates

by Xenophon

The Socrates who masters desire, runs a household, and believes the gods care about virtue

4.04

3k+

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 🗣️ Socratic Dialogues 🧘 Self-Mastery

Conversations of Socrates 90%

The Socrates who masters desire, runs a household, and believes the gods care about virtue

by Xenophon

4.04

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 🗣️ Socratic Dialogues 🧘 Self-Mastery

The Trial and Death of Socrates

by Plato

Athens tried its greatest thinker. He turned a death sentence into philosophy's founding argument.

4.12

46k+

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 🧠 Intellectual Humility ⚔️ Moral Courage

The Trial and Death of Socrates 90%

Athens tried its greatest thinker. He turned a death sentence into philosophy's founding argument.

by Plato

4.12

46k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 🧠 Intellectual Humility ⚔️ Moral Courage

Kybalion

by Three Initiates • 1912

From gold trinkets to the Aegina marbles: how Greek sculptors learned to make stone breathe.

4.23

17k+

🗿 Greek Sculpture 🏛️ Ancient Greece 🎭 Myth In Art

Kybalion 90%

From gold trinkets to the Aegina marbles: how Greek sculptors learned to make stone breathe.

by Three Initiates 1912

4.23

17k+ ratings

🗿 Greek Sculpture 🏛️ Ancient Greece 🎭 Myth In Art

Ancient Philosophy

by Anthony Kenny • 2004

The questions the ancient Greeks asked still define philosophy, and still resist easy answers.

3.95

580

🏛️ Classical Philosophy 📜 History Of Philosophy 🧠 Metaphysics

Ancient Philosophy 90%

The questions the ancient Greeks asked still define philosophy, and still resist easy answers.

by Anthony Kenny 2004

3.95

580 ratings

🏛️ Classical Philosophy 📜 History Of Philosophy 🧠 Metaphysics

Poetics

by Aristotle

Plot is everything. Character is secondary. The ancient blueprint for a tragedy that devastates.

3.83

30k+

🏛️ Ancient Greek Philosophy 📖 Literary Theory 🎭 Dramatic Structure

Poetics 90%

Plot is everything. Character is secondary. The ancient blueprint for a tragedy that devastates.

by Aristotle

3.83

30k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greek Philosophy 📖 Literary Theory 🎭 Dramatic Structure

The Death of Socrates and the Life of Philosophy

by Peter J. Ahrensdorf • 1995

Plato's Phaedo rigs its own arguments to fail, forcing readers to reason without a teacher.

3.63

🏛️ Plato'S Socrates 💬 Socratic Method 📖 Literary Criticism

The Death of Socrates and the Life of Philosophy Summary

The Death of Socrates and the Life of Philosophy 90%

Plato's Phaedo rigs its own arguments to fail, forcing readers to reason without a teacher.

by Peter J. Ahrensdorf 1995

3.63

16 ratings

🏛️ Plato'S Socrates 💬 Socratic Method 📖 Literary Criticism

Plutarch's Lives

by Plutarch

Plutarch's method: put Greek beside Roman, compare their virtues, let character judge history.

4.10

6k+

🏛️ Ancient Biography 🏺 Classical Antiquity ⚖️ Moral Philosophy

Plutarch's Lives 90%

Plutarch's method: put Greek beside Roman, compare their virtues, let character judge history.

by Plutarch

4.10

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Biography 🏺 Classical Antiquity ⚖️ Moral Philosophy

The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece

by Josiah Ober • 2015

A thousand rival city-states, not empire, produced classical Greece's unprecedented prosperity.

3.94

308

🏛️ Ancient Greece 💰 Institutional Economics 🏘️ Decentralized Governance

The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece Summary

The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece 90%

A thousand rival city-states, not empire, produced classical Greece's unprecedented prosperity.

by Josiah Ober 2015

3.94

308 ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greece 💰 Institutional Economics 🏘️ Decentralized Governance

Thermopylae

by Paul Cartledge • 2006

The Persian Empire seemed unstoppable. 300 Spartans proved otherwise; their defeat saved Greece.

3.79

1k+

🏛️ Greek-Persian Wars 🛡️ Spartan Society ⚔️ Ancient Greek Warfare

Thermopylae 89%

The Persian Empire seemed unstoppable. 300 Spartans proved otherwise; their defeat saved Greece.

by Paul Cartledge 2006

3.79

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek-Persian Wars 🛡️ Spartan Society ⚔️ Ancient Greek Warfare

The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle

by Aristotle

Persuasion is a system, not a gift: the rules for character, emotion, and logical proof.

4.00

2k+

🏛️ Classical Rhetoric 📜 Literary Theory 🏺 Greek Philosophy

The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle Summary

The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle 89%

Persuasion is a system, not a gift: the rules for character, emotion, and logical proof.

by Aristotle

4.00

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Classical Rhetoric 📜 Literary Theory 🏺 Greek Philosophy

Aristotle's "Best Regime"

by Clifford Angell Bates Jr. • 2002

Aristotle's buried argument: democracy beats kingship when collective wisdom meets law's restraint.

4.80

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Ancient Philosophy 🗳️ Democratic Theory

Aristotle's "Best Regime" 89%

Aristotle's buried argument: democracy beats kingship when collective wisdom meets law's restraint.

by Clifford Angell Bates Jr. 2002

4.80

5 ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Ancient Philosophy 🗳️ Democratic Theory

Socrates

by Paul Johnson • 2011

The original rulebreaker's guide to a meaningful life, from the man who died asking questions.

3.73

2k+

🏛️ Greek Philosophy 🪞 Self-Examination 🛡️ Moral Courage

Socrates 89%

The original rulebreaker's guide to a meaningful life, from the man who died asking questions.

by Paul Johnson 2011

3.73

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Philosophy 🪞 Self-Examination 🛡️ Moral Courage

Mythology

by Edith Hamilton • 1942

Greeks humanized gods; monsters became metaphors. The stories that built the Western mind.

4.04

60k+

🏛️ Classical Mythology 🏺 Ancient Greece 🌌 Creation Myths

Mythology 89%

Greeks humanized gods; monsters became metaphors. The stories that built the Western mind.

by Edith Hamilton 1942

4.04

60k+ ratings

🏛️ Classical Mythology 🏺 Ancient Greece 🌌 Creation Myths

Herodotus

by Elizabeth Vandiver • 2000

Before Herodotus, the past was myth. After him, it was evidence, causes, and human choice.

4.24

420

🏛️ Ancient Greece 📜 Classical Historiography 🗣️ Oral Tradition

Herodotus 89%

Before Herodotus, the past was myth. After him, it was evidence, causes, and human choice.

by Elizabeth Vandiver 2000

4.24

420 ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greece 📜 Classical Historiography 🗣️ Oral Tradition

The Art of Rhetoric

by Aristotle

Persuasion isn't one thing. It's three, and mixing them up loses the audience every time.

3.87

7k+

🏛️ Classical Rhetoric 📜 Greek Philosophy 🎙️ Modes Of Persuasion

The Art of Rhetoric 89%

Persuasion isn't one thing. It's three, and mixing them up loses the audience every time.

by Aristotle

3.87

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Classical Rhetoric 📜 Greek Philosophy 🎙️ Modes Of Persuasion

The Persian Expedition

by Xenophon

An army of 10,000 Greeks, betrayed and stranded in Persia, must fight its way home.

4.11

10k+

🏛️ Ancient Greece 📜 Military Memoirs 🚩 Leadership Under Crisis

The Persian Expedition 89%

An army of 10,000 Greeks, betrayed and stranded in Persia, must fight its way home.

by Xenophon

4.11

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greece 📜 Military Memoirs 🚩 Leadership Under Crisis

Ancient Philosophy

by Julia Annas • 2001

Why ancient ideas about happiness, knowledge, and nature still challenge our modern assumptions.

3.64

853

🏛️ Ancient Ethics 📜 Hellenistic Philosophy 🌿 Virtue Ethics

Ancient Philosophy 89%

Why ancient ideas about happiness, knowledge, and nature still challenge our modern assumptions.

by Julia Annas 2001

3.64

853 ratings

🏛️ Ancient Ethics 📜 Hellenistic Philosophy 🌿 Virtue Ethics

Aristotle

by John Sellars • 2023

An ancient toolkit for thought: why Aristotle's logic, ethics, and politics never went out of style.

3.95

232

🏛️ Greek Philosophy ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🧠 Logic And Reasoning

Aristotle 89%

An ancient toolkit for thought: why Aristotle's logic, ethics, and politics never went out of style.

by John Sellars 2023

3.95

232 ratings

🏛️ Greek Philosophy ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🧠 Logic And Reasoning

Politics

by Aristotle

Every city promises the good life. Aristotle's test for which ones actually deliver it.

3.98

43k+

🏛️ Political Theory 🗳️ Civic Virtue 🎯 Virtue Ethics

Politics 89%

Every city promises the good life. Aristotle's test for which ones actually deliver it.

by Aristotle

3.98

43k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Theory 🗳️ Civic Virtue 🎯 Virtue Ethics

Glorious Exploits

by Ferdia Lennon • 2024

Ancient Sicily: two potters stage Medea with the enemy soldiers they've been feeding.

4.13

23k+

🏛️ Ancient Greece 🎭 Prison Theatre 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

Glorious Exploits 89%

Ancient Sicily: two potters stage Medea with the enemy soldiers they've been feeding.

by Ferdia Lennon 2024

4.13

23k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greece 🎭 Prison Theatre 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us

by Simon Critchley • 2019

Greek tragedy's darkest insight: we are not victims of fate. We are its willing accomplices.

3.89

388

🏛️ Greek Tragedy 🎭 Tragedy And Philosophy 📜 Dramatic Theory

Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us 89%

Greek tragedy's darkest insight: we are not victims of fate. We are its willing accomplices.

by Simon Critchley 2019

3.89

388 ratings

🏛️ Greek Tragedy 🎭 Tragedy And Philosophy 📜 Dramatic Theory

Plutarch's Lives

by Plutarch • 2015

Greek meets Roman: paired biographies that map the character traits behind every rise and fall.

4.19

3k+

📖 Ancient Biographies 🏺 Classical World 📜 Moral Philosophy

Plutarch's Lives 89%

Greek meets Roman: paired biographies that map the character traits behind every rise and fall.

by Plutarch 2015

4.19

3k+ ratings

📖 Ancient Biographies 🏺 Classical World 📜 Moral Philosophy

The Complete World of Greek Mythology

by Richard Buxton • 2004

No fixed canon: Greek myths formed a fluid system of gods, heroes, and rituals, endlessly reshaped.

4.23

2k+

🏛️ Greek Mythology 🔮 Myth And Ritual 📜 Classical Studies

The Complete World of Greek Mythology Summary

The Complete World of Greek Mythology 89%

No fixed canon: Greek myths formed a fluid system of gods, heroes, and rituals, endlessly reshaped.

by Richard Buxton 2004

4.23

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Mythology 🔮 Myth And Ritual 📜 Classical Studies

Greek to Me

by Mary Norris • 2019

One copy editor's love affair with Greek: ancient ruins, Aegean swims, and a nation in turmoil.

3.63

2k+

🏛️ Greek Language ✈️ Travel Memoir 📖 Language Obsession

Greek to Me 89%

One copy editor's love affair with Greek: ancient ruins, Aegean swims, and a nation in turmoil.

by Mary Norris 2019

3.63

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Language ✈️ Travel Memoir 📖 Language Obsession

The Republic

by Plato

Why be just when no one is watching? A 2,500-year-old Socratic answer that built Western philosophy.

3.97

228k+

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🏺 Ancient Philosophy 🌆 Utopian Thought

The Republic 89%

Why be just when no one is watching? A 2,500-year-old Socratic answer that built Western philosophy.

by Plato

3.97

228k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🏺 Ancient Philosophy 🌆 Utopian Thought

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