Classical Texts

'Funny, sharp explications of what these sometimes not-very-nice women were up to!' Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's TaleThe Greek myths ...

'Irresistibly fascinating' MARIE CLAIRE GREECE 'Essential' VICTORIA HISLOP 'Brilliantly co...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Greedily she engorged without restraint,And knew not e...

Written over two thousand years ago, The Art of War contains penetrating insights into the nature of power, inter-state rivalry, realpolitik and mi...

'You must be Odysseus, man of twists and turns...'The tales of Odysseus's struggle with a man-eating Cyclops and Circe, the beautiful enchantress ...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Confessions describes Saint Augustines conversi...

This stunning translation, by the acclaimed poet Robin Robertson (Forward Prize, Man Booker shortlist 2018), has reinvigorated Euripides' devastati...

The newest deluxe edition in the bestselling Capstone Classics Series This ancient classic has had a make-over. In recent years these Capstone Cla...

Get ready to meet the goddesses, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stone Blind and Pandoras Jar, Natalie Haynes.These are the stories of ...

Part of the Chiltern Classics range.Elinor Dashwood's cool reason and her sister Marianne's more demonstrative nature are revealed when their fathe...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. No man can live a happy life, or even a support...

Part of the Chiltern Classics range.Believed to have been first published more than two thousand years ago, The Art of War is the classic Chinese b...

The Aeneid thrilling, terrifying and poignant in equal measure has inspired centuries of artists, writers and musicians.Part of the Macmillan Col...

The Poetics is a fundamental text that examines the development, production and effectiveness of poetry as it pertains to a writer and their intend...

'War, the bringer of tears...' For 2,700 years the Iliad has gripped listeners and readers with the story of Achilles' anger and Hector's death. T...

One of the most important philosophical works of all time, in a new Penguin Classics translation by Adam Beresford'Right and wrong is a human thing...

The Iliad has had a far-reaching impact on Western literature and culture, inspiring writers, artists and classical composers across the ages. Part...

Ovid's deliciously clever and exuberant epic, now in a gorgeous new clothbound edition designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. These ...

'Muse, tell me of a man: a man of much resource, who was made to wander far and long, after he had sacked the sacred city of Troy. Many were the me...