Classical Studies

Classics (also Classical Studies) is the branch of the humanities comprising the languages, literature, philosophy, history, art, archaeology and other culture of the ancient Mediterranean world (Bronze Age ca. BC 3000 – Late Antiquity ca. AD 300–600); especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome during Classical Antiquity (ca. BC 600 – AD 600). Traditionally, the study of the Classics (the period's literature) was the principal study of the humanities. ...more

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The Histories
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The Republic
The Symposium
The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
Lysistrata
The Twelve Caesars
Medea
Antigone (Theban Plays, #3)

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