GBK 30l--Classical Culture: From Homer to Socrates
he introductory course in the Great Books Program concentrates on the Ancient Greeks, and includes works by Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euclid and Plato
- Aeschylus (c. 525-456 B.C.)
- Oresteia Trilogy (458 BC)
- Aeschylus. Aeschylus, 1 - The Oresteia : Agamemnon, the Libation Bearers, the Eumenides. Edited by David R. Slavitt. Penn Greek Drama Series. Univ of Pennsylvania Press, 1997.
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- Aeschylus. The Oresteia Trilogy : Agamemnon, the Libation-Bearers and the Furies. Dover Thrift Editions. Dover Publications, 1996.
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- Agamemnon (458 B.C)
- Aeschylus. Aeschylus, 1 - The Oresteia : Agamemnon, the Libation Bearers, the Eumenides. Edited by David R. Slavitt. Penn Greek Drama Series. Univ of Pennsylvania Press, 1997.
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- Aeschylus. The Oresteia Trilogy : Agamemnon, the Libation-Bearers and the Furies. Dover Thrift Editions. Dover Publications, 1996.
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- The Eumenides (458 B.C.)
- Aeschylus. Aeschylus, 1 - The Oresteia : Agamemnon, the Libation Bearers, the Eumenides. Edited by David R. Slavitt. Penn Greek Drama Series. Univ of Pennsylvania Press, 1997.
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- Aeschylus. The Oresteia Trilogy : Agamemnon, the Libation-Bearers and the Furies. Dover Thrift Editions. Dover Publications, 1996.
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- The Libation Bearers
- Aeschylus. Aeschylus, 1 - The Oresteia : Agamemnon, the Libation Bearers, the Eumenides. Edited by David R. Slavitt. Penn Greek Drama Series. Univ of Pennsylvania Press, 1997.
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- Aeschylus. The Oresteia Trilogy : Agamemnon, the Libation-Bearers and the Furies. Dover Thrift Editions. Dover Publications, 1996.
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- Aristophanes (c. 445-385 B.C.)
- The Birds (414 B.C.)
- Aristophanes. Aristophanes Four Major Plays : Lysistrata, the Birds, the Clouds, the Archarnians. Airmont Publishing Company, 1979.
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- Aristophanes. Four Plays by Aristophanes : The Clouds, the Birds, Lysistrata, the Frogs. Translated by William Arrowsmith. New American Library Trade, 1984.
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- Aristophanes. The Knights, Peace, Wealth/the Birds, the Assemblywomen. Viking Press, 1985.
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- Aristophanes. Plays Two : Wasps, Clouds, Birds, Festival Time, & Frogs. Heinemann, 1995.
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- Euclid (c. 300 B.C.)
- The Elements
- Euclid. Elements. Translated by Isaac Todhunter. Everymans Library, 1957. (Hard to Find)
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- Euripides (c. 485-406 B.C.)
- The Bacchae (c. 409-406 B.C.)
- Euripides. Bacchae. Translated by Henry Hart Milman. Dover Thrift Editions. Dover Publications, 1997.
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- Euripides. The Bacchae. New American Library, 1982.
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- Euripides. The Bacchae and Other Plays. Translated by Philip Vellacott. The Penguin Classics. Viking Press, 1954.
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- Euripides. Euripides V : Electra, the Phoenician Women, the Bacchae. Translated by David Grene, Richmond Lattimore. The Complete Greek Tragedies. Chicago: Univ of Chicago Press, 1969.
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- Iphigenia In Tauris (c. 414-412 B.C.)
- Euripides. Euripides II : Four Tragedies : Cyclops, Heracles, Iphigenia in Tauris and Helen. Translated by David Grene, Richmond Lattimore. Chicago: Univ of Chicago Press, 1983.
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- Euripides. Iphigenia in Tauris. Translated by Richmond Lattimore. Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Oxford University Press, 1992.
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- Herodotus (c. 480s-420s B.C.)
- Histories
- Herodotus. The Histories. Translated by George Rawlinson. Everymans Library, 1992.
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- Herodotus. The History : Herodotus. Translated by Henry Cary. Great Minds Series. Prometheus Books, 1992.
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- Herodotus. The History : Herodotus. Translated by David Grene. Chicago: Univ of Chicago Press, 1988.
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- Homer (12th Century B.C.)
- The Iliad
- Homer. The Iliad. Translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics. Penguin USA, 1991.
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- Homer. The Iliad of Homer. Translated by Richmond Lattimore. Chicago: Univ of Chicago Press, 1987.
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- The Odyssey
- Homer. The Odyssey. Translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin USA, 1997.
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- Homer. The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by Richmond Lattimore. Chicago: Univ of Chicago Press, 1991.
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- Plato (c. 428-348 or 347 B.C.)
- Apology
- Plato. A Guided Tour of Five Works by Plato : With Complete Translations of Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo (Death Scene, and 'Allegory of the Cave'). 2d ed. Translated by Christopher Biffle. Mayfield Publishing Company, 1994.
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- Plato. The Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo. Prometheus Books, 1988.
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- Plato. Euthypro, Crito, Apology, and Symposium. Regnery Publishing, Inc., 1982.
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- Plato. The Last Days of Socrates: Euthyphro/Apology/Crito/Phaedo. Translated by Hugh Tredennick, Harold Tarrant. Penguin Classics. Penguin USA, 1995.
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- Crito
- Plato. A Guided Tour of Five Works by Plato : With Complete Translations of Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo (Death Scene, and 'Allegory of the Cave'). 2d ed. Translated by Christopher Biffle. Mayfield Publishing Company, 1994.
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- Plato. The Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo. Prometheus Books, 1988.
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- Plato. Euthypro, Crito, Apology, and Symposium. Regnery Publishing, Inc., 1982.
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- Plato. The Last Days of Socrates: Euthyphro/Apology/Crito/Phaedo. Translated by Hugh Tredennick, Harold Tarrant. Penguin Classics. Penguin USA, 1995.
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- Euthyphro
- Plato. A Guided Tour of Five Works by Plato : With Complete Translations of Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo (Death Scene, and 'Allegory of the Cave'). 2d ed. Translated by Christopher Biffle. Mayfield Publishing Company, 1994.
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- Plato. The Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo. Prometheus Books, 1988.
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- Plato. Euthypro, Crito, Apology, and Symposium. Regnery Publishing, Inc., 1982.
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- Plato. The Last Days of Socrates: Euthyphro/Apology/Crito/Phaedo. Translated by Hugh Tredennick, Harold Tarrant. Penguin Classics. Penguin USA, 1995.
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- Meno
- Plato. Plato's Meno in Focus. Edited by Jane M. Day. Routledge Philosophers in Focus Series. Routledge, 1994.
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- Plato. Protagoras and Meno. Translated by W.K.C. Guthrie. Penguin Classics. Viking Press, 1957.
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- Phaedo
- Plato. A Guided Tour of Five Works by Plato : With Complete Translations of Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo (Death Scene, and 'Allegory of the Cave'). 2d ed. Translated by Christopher Biffle. Mayfield Publishing Company, 1994.
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- Plato. The Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo. Prometheus Books, 1988.
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- Plato. The Last Days of Socrates: Euthyphro/Apology/Crito/Phaedo. Translated by Hugh Tredennick, Harold Tarrant. Penguin Classics. Penguin USA, 1995.
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- Sophocles (c. 497-406 B.C.)
- Oedipus Trilogy
- Sophocles. Sophocles I : Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone. 2d ed. Translated by David Greene, Richard Lattimore. The Complete Greek Tragedies. Chicago: Univ of Chicago Press, 1992.
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- Sophocles. The Theban Plays : Oedipus the King/Oedipus at Colonus/Antigone. Translated by David Greene. Everyman's Library. Knopf, 1994.
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- Sophocles. The Three Theban Plays. Translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics. Penguin USA, 1984.
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- Antigone (442-441 B.C.)
- Sophocles. Antigone. Dover Thrift Editions. Dover Publications, 1993.
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- Sophocles. Antigone. Translated by Richard Emil Braun. London: Oxford Univ Press, 1990.
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- Sophocles. Sophocles I : Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone. 2d ed. Translated by David Greene, Richard Lattimore. The Complete Greek Tragedies. Chicago: Univ of Chicago Press, 1992.
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- Sophocles. The Theban Plays : Oedipus the King/Oedipus at Colonus/Antigone. Translated by David Greene. Everyman's Library. Knopf, 1994.
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- Sophocles. The Three Theban Plays. Translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics. Penguin USA, 1984.
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- Oedipus at Colonus
- Sophocles. Sophocles I : Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone. 2d ed. Translated by David Greene, Richard Lattimore. The Complete Greek Tragedies. Chicago: Univ of Chicago Press, 1992.
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- Sophocles. The Theban Plays : Oedipus the King/Oedipus at Colonus/Antigone. Translated by David Greene. Everyman's Library. Knopf, 1994.
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- Sophocles. The Three Theban Plays. Translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics. Penguin USA, 1984.
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- Oedipus the King (c. 429-425 B.C.)
- Sophocles. Sophocles I : Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone. 2d ed. Translated by David Greene, Richard Lattimore. The Complete Greek Tragedies. Chicago: Univ of Chicago Press, 1992.
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- Sophocles. The Theban Plays : Oedipus the King/Oedipus at Colonus/Antigone. Translated by David Greene. Everyman's Library. Knopf, 1994.
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- Sophocles. The Three Theban Plays. Translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics. Penguin USA, 1984.
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- Thucydides (c. 460-400 B.C.)
- Peloponnesian War (431 B.C.)
- Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Translated by Rex Warner. Penquin Classics. Viking Press, 1986.
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- Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War. Everymans Library, 1993.
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- Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War : Thucydides. Translated by David Grene. Chicago: Univ of Chicago Press, 1989.
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