From acclaimed classical historian, author of Ghost on the Throne a  high-stakes drama full of mu...

In his essay 'On Anger' (De Ira), the Roman Stoic thinker Seneca (c. 4 BC-65 AD) argues that ange...

Als 323 v.Chr. Alexander der Große völlig überraschend im Alter von kaum 33 Jahren in Babylon sti...

Wenn die Philosophen Trauer tragen! Wir kennen den edlen Römer Seneca, den Stoiker und Autor ethi...

'It takes an entire lifetime to learn how to die,' wrote the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca (c. 4...

A portrait of one of the ancient world's first political celebrities, who veered from failure to ...

To give and receive well may be the most human thing you can do--but it is also the closest you c...

In einer Welt der Beschleunigung und Reizüberflutung lädt Wege zu sich selbst zur achtsamen Selbs...

In Plato and the Tyrant, acclaimed classicist James Romm uses a little-known set of Plato's perso...

The more things change, the more they stay the same: Theophrastus' Characters, a classical Greek ...

'The truly happy man ought to stay at home.' 'Hunger, and lack of coin, put a stop to love.' 'Had...

'[Romm] deftly pieces the story together ... Mr. Romm negotiates artfully in fluent, accessible p...

Comprising relevant selections from the four ancient writers whose portraits of Alexander the Gre...

From the leading scholars behind The Greek Plays, a collection of the best translations of the fo...

The tragic story of ancient Greece’s last democratic leader and his doomed fight to save Athens f...

Many people know something of Plato's works, yet few are familiar with his life outside of his wr...

A landmark anthology of the masterpieces of Greek drama, featuring all-new, highly accessible tra...

Major figures in the civil wars that ended the Roman Republic, the names Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, ...

A curated selection of the most significant life lessons from the iconic work of Stoic philosophy...

Major figures in the civil wars that ended the Roman Republic, the names Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, ...

Arrian's Campaigns of Alexander, widely considered the most authoritative history of the brillian...