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Great Books of the Western World

From Homer to George Orwell, only the most learned readers will have read these great books of the western world. This 60 Volume set, composed by Robert Hutchins and Mortimer Adler, and published by Encyclopædia Britannica, presents the most complete collection of ideas central to the western world.
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The Illiad (Homer)
The Illiad
Homer
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The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
Homer
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Suppliant Women (Aeschylus)
Suppliant Women
Aeschylus
4
Persians (Aeschylus)
Persians
Aeschylus
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Seven Against Thebes (Aeschylus)
Seven Against Thebes
Aeschylus
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Prometheus Bound
Prometheus Bound
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The Orestia Trilogy (Aeschylus)
The Orestia Trilogy
Aeschylus
8
Oedipus Cycle
Oedipus Cycle
9
Ajax (Sophocles)
Ajax
Sophocles
10
Electra
Electra
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Trachinian Women (Sophocles)
Trachinian Women
Sophocles
12
Philoctetes - Sophocles
Philoctetes - Sophocles
13
Rhesus (Euripides)
Rhesus
Euripides
14
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
Euripides
15
Hippolytus
Hippolytus
16
Alcestis
Alcestis
17
Heracleidae (Euripides)
Heracleidae
Euripides
18
The Suppliants (Euripides)
The Suppliants
Euripides
19
The Trojan Women
The Trojan Women
20
Ion (Euripides)
Ion
Euripides
21
Helen
Helen
22
Andromache
Andromache
23
Electra (Euripides)
Electra
Euripides
24
Bacchantes (Euripides)
Bacchantes
Euripides
25
Hecuba
Hecuba
26
Heracles Mad (Euripides)
Heracles Mad
Euripides
27
Phoenician Women (Euripides)
Phoenician Women
Euripides
28
Orestes (Euripides)
Orestes
Euripides
29
Iphigenia at Aulis
Iphigenia at Aulis
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Iphigenia Among the Taurians (Euripides)
Iphigenia Among the Taurians
Euripides
31
Cyclops
Cyclops
32
The Acharnians (Aristophanes)
The Acharnians
Aristophanes
33
The Knights (Aristophanes)
The Knights
Aristophanes
34
The Clouds (Aristophanes)
The Clouds
Aristophanes
35
The Wasps (Aristophanes)
The Wasps
Aristophanes
36
Peace (Aristophanes)
Peace
Aristophanes
37
The Birds
The Birds
38
The Frogs
The Frogs
39
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
Lysistrata
Aristophanes
40
Thesmophoriazusae (Aristophanes)
Thesmophoriazusae
Aristophanes
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