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Nikolai Leskov - Steel Flea
An 1881 comic story by Nikolai Leskov, presented in the form of a traditional skaz or folk-tale, but entirely of Leskov's invention. It tells the story of a left-handed Russian artisan required to impress Tsar Nikolas...
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Euripides - Alcestis (Way Translation)
Alcestis, queen of Pherae, is one of the noblest heroines in all of Greek drama. Her husband Admetus is the supposedly virtuous king of Pherae who wins the friendship of the god Apollo. Apollo tricks the Eumenides...
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Sophocles - Trachiniai (Campbell Translation)
Women of Trachis (Ancient Greek: Τραχίνιαι, Trachiniai; also translated as The Trachiniae or The Trachinian Maidens) is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles. The story begins with Deianeira, the wife of Heracles, relating...
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Aeschylus - Libation-Bearers (Morshead Translation)
The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus concerning the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. The name derives from the character Orestes, who sets out to avenge his father's murder. The...
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Aeschylus - Prometheus Bound (Browning Translation)
Whether or not it was actually written by Aeschylus, as is much disputed, «Prometheus Bound» is a powerful statement on behalf of free humanity in the face of what often seem like the impersonal, implacable Forces...
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Unknown - Saga of the Greenlanders (Reeves Translation)
The Saga of the Greenlanders is one of the two important thirteenth-century accounts of the Norse explorations of Greenland and North America, along with the Saga of Erik the Red. The two accounts describe many of the...
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Aeschylus - Persians (version 2)
The earliest of Aeschylus' plays to survive is «The Persians» (Persai), performed in 472 BC and based on experiences in Aeschylus's own life, specifically the Battle of Salamis. It is unique among surviving Greek...
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Aeschylus - Furies (Morshead Translation)
The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus concerning the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. The name derives from the character Orestes, who sets out to avenge his father's murder. The...
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Aeschylus - Suppliant Maidens (Morshead Translation)
The Suppliants, also called The Suppliant Maidens, or The Suppliant Women, is a play by Aeschylus. It was probably first performed sometime after 470 BC. It was long thought to be the earliest surviving play by...
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Aeschylus - Seven Against Thebes (Way Translation)
Seven against Thebes is the third play in an Oedipus-themed trilogy produced by Aeschylus in 467 BC. The trilogy is sometimes referred to as the Oedipodea. It concerns the battle between an Argive army led by...
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Aeschylus - Prometheus Bound (Thoreau Translation)
Whether or not it was actually written by Aeschylus, as is much disputed, «Prometheus Bound» is a powerful statement on behalf of free humanity in the face of what often seem like the impersonal, implacable Forces...
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William Blake
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Around the World with the Children
Frank G. Carpenter
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