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Representative authors and works from the Greek and Roman classical era, including but not limited to the genres of biography, drama, history, philosophy, and poetry
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Comments Showing 1-5 of 5 (5 new)

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message 1: by Ben (new)

Ben Great list! This link might be helpful for this list: http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/g...


message 2: by Q. 1994 (new)

Q. 1994 Fantastic list! Many influential works I need to read! :)


message 3: by André (new)

André Mattana Isn't Niccolò Machiavelli a bit late to be considered "Greek and Roman classical era"?


message 4: by Chris (new)

Chris Gager 36, 73 and 77 don't belong on the list.


message 5: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Oct 13, 2019 06:50AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) As the description says "Representative authors and works from the Greek and Roman classical era", I've removed some titles, as they clearly did not fit the description.


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