{"title":"Classics in English","description":"\u003cp\u003eAncient Greek and Roman classics in English or bilingual editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated and bilingual original works from ancient Greek \u0026amp; Roman theatre, philosophy and literature. Academic and school textbooks with commentary available. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eΚλασικά έργα αρχαιοελληνικής και ρωμαϊκής εποχής μεταφρασμένα στα αγγλικά με σχολιασμό και με δίγλωσσες εκδόσεις που συμπεριλαμβάνουν το γνήσιο κείμενο στα αρχαία ελληνικά ή λατινικά.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"bakkhai","title":"Euripides: Bakkhai - Anne Carson","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePentheus has banned the wild, ritualistic worship of the god Dionysos. A stranger arrives to persuade him to change his mind. Euripides’ electrifying tragedy is a struggle to the death between freedom and restraint, the rational and the irrational, man and god. 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Στο βιβλίο εκπροσωπούνται οι πέντε μεγάλες σχολές της ελληνικής σκέψης -Πλάτων, Αριστοτέλης, Στωικοί, Επικούρειοι και Σκεπτικιστές- που με τα λόγια τους προτείνουν ένα φωτεινό τρόπο ζωής.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eΑιχύλος, Αίσωπος, Αλέξανδρος ο Μέγας, Αναξαγόρας, Αντισθένης, Αριστοτέλης, Αριστοφάνης, Βίας, Χείλων, Κλεόβουλος, Δημόκριτος, Δημοσθένης, Διογένης, Επίκουρος, Επίκτητος, Ευριπίδης, Ζήνων, Ηράκλειτος, Ησίοδος, Θαλής, Θεόκριτος, Θουκυδίδης, Ιπποκράτης, Ισοκράτης, Μένανδρος, Ξενοφών, Όμηρος, Περίανδρος, Πίνδαρος, Πιττακός, Πλάτων, Πλούταρχος, Πρωταγόρας, Πυθαγόρας, Σωκράτης, Σόλων, Σοφοκλής.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eΔίγλωσση έκδοση - bilingual edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"\"\u003eΑνθολογία\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eΜετάφραση Αλέξανδρος Ζαφειρίου\u003cbr\u003eΣχέδια \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/aiora.gr\/authors\/panos_stavropoulos\/?lang=en\" title=\"Panagiotis Stavropoulos\"\u003ePanagiotis Stavropoulos\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable id=\"product-attribute-specs-table\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003ePages\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Pages\"\u003e112\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Publication Date\"\u003e2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Publisher\"\u003eΑΙΩΡΑ \/ AIORA\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eISBN\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"ISBN\"\u003e9786185048716\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eBinding\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Binding\"\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Author\"\u003eΑλέξανδρος Ζαφειρίου\/Panagiotis Stavropoulos\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Diavazo Greek Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40154014515389,"sku":"Words of Wisdom from Ancient Greece","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0580\/7574\/2397\/products\/words-of-wisdom-from-ancient-greece-9392078.jpg?v=1765468343"},{"product_id":"the-golden-verses","title":"The Golden Verses - Pythagoras (Bilingual)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eΟ Πυθαγόρας δεν έγραψε τίποτα όσο ζούσε. Ούτε καν το πυθαγόρειο θεώρημα. Κι όμως η γνώση και η σοφία του άλλαξαν τον κόσμο κι έφτασαν ως τις μέρες μας. Απόσταγμα της διδασκαλίας του θεωρούνται τα «χρυσά έπη», εβ­δομήντα ένα δίστιχα - πυξίδα για τη ζωή. Λειτουργώντας ως προτροπή, ρίχνουν σε μία κοίτη το ανθρώπινο και το θεϊκό στοι­χείο. Ορίζουν το σημείο σύ­γκλισης των δύο και μας δείχνουν πώς να κατακτήσουμε την ανώτερη αρετή στην καθημερινή πρακτική μας.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eΔίγλωσση έκδοση με σκληρό εξώφυλλο\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[from the Introduction]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePYTHAGOREAN WAY OF LIFE\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe testimonies of Plato and Isocrates show that Pythagoras was famous because he left as his legacy a way of life that continued to have supporters in the fourth century BC, in other words, a hundred years after his death! \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePythagoras concerned himself in particular with religious rites. Isocrates emphasized that Pythagoras, above anyone else, attached importance to sacrifices and temple rituals. Evidently, his interest in the journey of the soul after death required profound knowledge of all the rites connected with death. The Pythagorean way of life attached particular importance to the assiduous observance of religious rites; however, it was not a religion and there were no specific Pythagorean rituals. Pythagoras most probably taught a way of life that gave emphasis to particular aspects of ancient Greek religion.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA second characteristic of the way of life that he propounded was the fact that he attached great importance to dietary rules. There is no evidence concerning these rules before Aristotle, but both he and Aristoxenus make detailed references. Unfortunately, once again we are faced with contradictions in the accounts and so are unable to draw any safe conclusions. There are those who claim that Pythagoras was an advocate of vegetarianism, based on his belief in the reincarnation of souls. Eudoxus, a fourth-century mathematician and philosopher, relates that Pythagoras not only abstained from the eating of meat, but also avoided butchers and hunters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAccording to Dicaearchus, one of Pythagoras ’ s most well-known doctrines was that all living beings belong to the same family. Aristotle, however, relates that the Pythagoreans refrain from eating certain kind of offal (e.g., the heart), sea anemone and some other kinds of food, but not all animal products.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eApart from dietary rules, the sacrifice of animals was a common practice in ancient Greek religious worship. 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R. Paton \/ Michael A. Tueller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e**Some visible wear and tear on removable dust cover - otherwise in like new condition.**\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Greek Anthology contains some 4,500 short Greek poems in the sparkling and diverse genre of epigram, written by more than a hundred poets and collected over many centuries. 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R. Paton \/ Michael A. Tueller\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Diavazo Greek Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40154994180285,"sku":"loeb 67","price":19.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0580\/7574\/2397\/products\/the-greek-anthology-volume-i-w-r-paton-michael-a-tueller-3550562.jpg?v=1765468400"},{"product_id":"loeb-104","title":"Loeb: Homer: Odyssey, Volume I, Books 1-12 - A. T. Murray \/ George E. 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Here, too, is the hero’s faithful wife, Penelope, weaving a shroud by day and unraveling it by night, in order to thwart the numerous suitors attempting to take Odysseus’s place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe works attributed to Homer include the two oldest and greatest European epic poems, the Odyssey and \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.hup.harvard.edu\/catalog.php?isbn=9780674995796\"\u003eIliad\u003c\/a\u003e. These texts have long stood in the Loeb Classical Library with a faithful and literate prose translation by A. T. Murray. George E. Dimock now brings the Loeb’s Odyssey up to date, with a rendering that retains Murray’s admirable style but is worded for today’s readers. The two-volume edition includes a new introduction, notes, and index.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable id=\"product-attribute-specs-table\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003ePages\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Pages\"\u003e496\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Publication Date\"\u003e1919\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Publisher\"\u003eHarvard University Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eISBN\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"ISBN\"\u003e9780674995611\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eBinding\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Binding\"\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Author\"\u003eHomer \/ A. T. Murray \/ George E. Dimock\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Diavazo Greek Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40154994213053,"sku":"loeb 104","price":19.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0580\/7574\/2397\/products\/loeb-homer-odyssey-volume-i-books-1-12-a-t-murray-george-e-dimock-3970773.jpg?v=1765467925"},{"product_id":"loeb-166","title":"Loeb: Plato III: Lysis. Symposium. Gorgias - W.R.M. Lamb","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"product.info.description\" data-role=\"content\" aria-labelledby=\"tab-label-product.info.description\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-hidden=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e**Some visible wear and tear on removable dust cover - otherwise in like new condition.**\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlato, the great philosopher of Athens, was born in 427 BCE. In early manhood an admirer of Socrates, he later founded the famous school of philosophy in the grove Academus. Much else recorded of his life is uncertain; that he left Athens for a time after Socrates’s execution is probable; that later he went to Cyrene, Egypt, and Sicily is possible; that he was wealthy is likely; that he was critical of “advanced” democracy is obvious. He lived to be 80 years old. Linguistic tests including those of computer science still try to establish the order of his extant philosophical dialogues, written in splendid prose and revealing Socrates’s mind fused with Plato’s thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Laches, Charmides, and Lysis, Socrates and others discuss separate ethical conceptions. Protagoras, Ion, and Meno discuss whether righteousness can be taught. In Gorgias, Socrates is estranged from his city’s thought, and his fate is impending. The Apology (not a dialogue), Crito, Euthyphro, and the unforgettable Phaedo relate the trial and death of Socrates and propound the immortality of the soul. In the famous Symposium and Phaedrus, written when Socrates was still alive, we find the origin and meaning of love. Cratylus discusses the nature of language. 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