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Fictional account of the life of the famous poet, businesswoman, educator, and rebel of ancient Greece.

Describes what everyday life was like in Ancient Greece.

Lists and describes the major figures of Greek and Roman history, culture, folklore, and legend, and tells what later ages made of them.

An introduction to the major monuments of Greek archaeology, studying the developments in architecture, architectural sculpture, sculpture, painting, and pottery, from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Period.

Presents the text of Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors" in which confusion reigns when twin brothers, both named Antipholus, arrive in the same town with their twin servants, both named Dromios, after a lifetime apart; and includes explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, and other resources.

In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history.

A modern translation of Aristophanes's 411 B.C. drama "Lysistrata," in which an Athenian woman leads her fellow Greek wives in a sex strike until their husbands stop warring with each other; includes an introduction, notes, and a glossary.