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Classics Revisited - excellent modern versions of ancients!
Plays: "After Darwin", "Credible Witness", "The Ash Girl", "Dianeira" v. 2 (Contemporary classics)Plays: "After Darwin", "Credible Witness", "The Ash Girl", "Dianeira" v. 2 (Contemporary classics) by Timberlake Wertenbaker
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If you can get hold of the radio version of TW's Dejaneira - it's incredible! [Joseph Fiennes as Hyllos!]
The Golden Age of Myth and Legend (Wordsworth Reference)The Golden Age of Myth and Legend (Wordsworth Reference) by Thomas Bulfinch
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INVALUABLE compendium of all Victorian and pre-Victorian classical allusions in poetry - arranged by myth - a GIFT for any Reception student!
War Music: an account of Books 1-4 and 16-19 of Homer's IliadWar Music: an account of Books 1-4 and 16-19 of Homer's Iliad by Christopher Logue
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Enjoyable and exhilarating reworking of the Iliad by a military veteran.
The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' PhiloctetesThe Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes by Seamus Heaney
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Heartrendingly moving version which had a deep cultural and political impact on Ireland during the resolution of the Troubles.
The Burial at Thebes: Sophocles' AntigoneThe Burial at Thebes: Sophocles' Antigone by Seamus Heaney
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Heaney sensitively and deftly brings another masterpiece to life.
The Oresteia: A Translation of Aeschylus' Trilogy of Plays (Faber poetry)The Oresteia: A Translation of Aeschylus' Trilogy of Plays (Faber poetry) by Aeschylus
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Hughes' incredibly influential version. An absolute must.
Alcestis: In a Version by Ted HughesAlcestis: In a Version by Ted Hughes by Euripides
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Hughes' Alcestis is tender and tough by turns. Excellent.
Tales from Ovid: Twenty-four Passages from the "Metamorphoses"Tales from Ovid: Twenty-four Passages from the "Metamorphoses" by Ted Hughes
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Erotic and erudite - Ovid himself would have enjoyed this.
The Oxford Book of Classical Verse in TranslationThe Oxford Book of Classical Verse in Translation
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Always handy to have to hand.
The Odyssey (Penguin Classics)The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) by Homer
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My preferred Odyssey.
The Iliad (Penguin Classics)The Iliad (Penguin Classics) by Homer
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My preferred Iliad.
The Aeneid (Penguin Classics)The Aeneid (Penguin Classics) by Virgil
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Suspect this will end up being my preferred Aeneid, too!
Homer's OdysseyHomer's Odyssey by Simon Armitage
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A beautifully crafted version: a pleasure to read.
Reception Studies: Greece and Rome (New Surveys in the Classics)Reception Studies: Greece and Rome (New Surveys in the Classics) by Lorna Hardwick
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[Academic] The traditional starting-point for Reception students.
Translating Words, Translating Cultures (Classical Inter/faces)Translating Words, Translating Cultures (Classical Inter/faces) by Lorna Hardwick
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[Academic] A thought-provoking and useful survey.
Remaking the Classics: Literature, Genre and Media in Britain 1800-2000Remaking the Classics: Literature, Genre and Media in Britain 1800-2000 by Lorna Hardwick
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[Academic] Brilliant!
Medea in Performance 1500-2000 (Legenda)Medea in Performance 1500-2000 (Legenda) by Edith Hall
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[Academic] Fantastic!