Phaedrus takes the form of a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus and its ostensible subject is love, especially homoerotic love. This translation is accompanied by an introduction and notes that…

Offering a study of buildings, traditions and myth, this title describes the glory of Greece shortly before its ultimate decline in the third century.

At the age of eighty-three and nearing death, Carlo Altoviti has decided to write down the confessions of his long life. He remembers everything: his unhappy childhood in the kitchens…

A series of 638 aphorisms and discourses on subjects ranging from art, arrogance and boredom to passion, science, vanity, women and youth. Nietzsche himself described this work as the monument…

Explores the cosmological, moral and spiritual origins of man’s existence. In this title, the author produced poem of epic scale, conjuring up a cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of…

Katherine Mansfield’s clear and perceptive short stories revolutionized the genre. This collection represents the whole range of her writing from short sharp studies to longer, richer tales, encompassing her three…

Hannibal, one of the most compelling personalities of the ancient world, inflicted a tremendous defeat on the Romans at Cannae in 216 BC. This text looks at the figure

Proposes a system of government that would uphold civic freedom and security by instilling the virtues of active citizenship, and that would also encourage citizens to put the needs of…