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  • Humanism

    The Greek Ideal and Its Survival

    by Moses Hadas ...
    Series series World Perspectives
    Originally published in the UK in 1961 this was an unconventional book when first published but a powerful interpretation of Greek individualism. The author examines the influence of the Greeks on European philosophy, religion, literature, art and architecture and challenges many commonly held assumptions: ‘Those items in the Greek legacy which are most easily recognizable as such are in fact the ... Read more

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  • Greek Drama

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    In power, passion, and the brilliant display of moral conflict, the drama of ancient Greece remains unsurpassed. For this volume, Professor Hadas chose nine plays which display the diversity and grandeur of tragedy, and the critical and satiric genius of comedy, in outstanding translations of the past and present. His introduction explores the religious origins, modes of productions, structure, ... Read more

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  • The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

    A Modern Abridgment by Moses Hadas

    The Classic History of Rome’s Fall From Glory inan Unparalleled Abridgment and ReintroductionFew historical works encompass the pathos, drama, and meticulous detail of Edward Gibbon’s extraordinary record of Rome’s demise, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, which the English historian issued in six volumes from 1776 to 1789.In 1962, classics scholar Moses Hadas produced an ... Read more

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    The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

    A Modern Abridgment by Moses Hadas

    Narrated by Mitch Horowitz ...

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    12 hours 9 min

    The Classic History of Rome’s Fall From Glory inan Unparalleled Abridgment and ReintroductionFew historical works encompass the pathos, drama, and meticulous detail of Edward Gibbon’s extraordinary record of Rome’s demise, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, which the English historian issued in six volumes from 1776 to 1789.In 1962, classics scholar Moses Hadas produced an ... Read more

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  • The Annals & The Histories

    by Tacitus ...
    Translated by Alfred Church, William Brodribb ...
    Series series Modern Library Classics
    Cornelius Tacitus brilliantly chronicles the moral decline and rampant civil unrest in the Roman Empire in a period when the earliest foundations of modern Europe were being laid. The Annals commence in a.d. 14, at the death of Augustus, recounting the reigns of Tiberius, Gaius (Caligula), Claudius, and Nero, and conclude in a.d. 68, the year of Nero’s suicide. The Histories document the ... Read more

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  • Socrates

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