Greece & Rome

Boitanis presentation of the classics is as entertaining and unexpected as it is informative. He invites the reader to discover the timeless beauty and wisdom

of ancient literature, highlighting its profound and surprising connections to the present.

The Orphic hymns are fascinating historical artefacts87 devotions, invocations, and entreaties to the Greek gods that are as powerful today as they were when they were originally developed thousands of years ago.

National Bestseller

In this informal history of Roman civilization, Edith Hamilton vividly depicts the Roman life and spirit as they are revealed in the greatest writers of the time.

Along with I, Claudius, The Golden Fleece is considered one of Robert Graves's most exciting and transporting historical novels.

In SPQR, an instant classic, Mary Beard narrates the history of Rome "with passion and without technical jargon" and demonstrates how "a slightly shabby Iron Age village" rose to become the "undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean" (Wall Street Journal).