Five Dialogues contains the distinguished translations of G. M. A. Grube, as revised by John Cooper for Plato, Complete Works (Hacket, 1997). This edition includes a number of new or expanded footnotes and updated Suggestions for Further Reading.

Dive into the world of ancient Greek philosophy with Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, and Phaedo. These dialogues explore profound questions of ethics, justice, virtue, and the immortality of the soul.

The House by the River is the first novel by acclaimed Greek writer Lena Manta to appear in English translation. It is an intimate, emotionally powerful saga that follows five young women as they come to realize that no matter the men they choose, the careers they pursue, or the children they raise, the only constant is home.

Theodora, a devoted and resilient mother, knows she can’t keep her five beautiful daughters at home forever—they’re too curious, too free-spirited, too much like their late father. Before each girl leaves the small house on the riverside at the foot of Mount Olympus, Theodora ensures they know they are always welcome to return.

Having lived through World War II, the Nazi occupation of Greece, her husband’s death, and now enduring the twenty-year-long silence of her daughters’ absence, Theodora remains hopeful. Her children have embarked on their own journeys—marrying, traveling the world, and courting romance, fame, and even tragedy. Despite becoming modern, independent women in pursuit of their dreams, Theodora understands they need her—and each other—more than ever. Have they grown so far apart that they’ve forgotten their childhood house in its tiny village, or will their broken hearts finally lead them home?

The Symposium is a fascinating discussion on sex, gender, and human instincts, as relevant today as ever. In the course of a lively drinking party, a group of Athenian intellectuals exchange views on eros, or desire. From their conversation emerges a series of subtle reflections on gender roles, sex in society, and the sublimation of basic human instincts.

The discussion culminates in a radical challenge to conventional views by Plato's mentor, Socrates, who advocates transcendence through spiritual love. The Symposium is a deft interweaving of different viewpoints and ideas about the nature of love—as a response to beauty, a cosmic force, a motive for social action, and as a means of ethical education.

The Third Wedding offers a compelling view of life during turbulent times in Athens. Through the eyes of two Athenian women, the narrative captures the essence of the German Occupation and the ensuing Civil War. It is a poignant tale of survival, resilience, and the indomitable spirit of women facing the harsh realities of war and life itself.

Plutarch's Parallel Lives is a series of biographies, arranged in pairs, illuminating virtues and vices. The surviving Lives contain 23 pairs, each with a Greek and a Roman Life, and 4 unpaired Lives.

As explained in the opening of his Life of Alexander, Plutarch wasn't concerned with history so much as the influence of character on life and destiny. While he sometimes barely touched on great events, he devoted much space to anecdotes and incidental triviality, often revealing more about his subjects than their famous accomplishments.

He sought to provide rounded portraits, likening his craft to painting. Indeed, he went to great, often tenuous, lengths to draw parallels between physical appearance and character.

Amongst the earliest moral philosophers, some of the Lives, like those of Heracles, Philip II of Macedon, and Scipio Africanus, are lost. Many remaining Lives are truncated, contain lacunae, or have been tampered with. Extant are those on Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Pericles, Alcibiades, Nicias, Demosthenes, Pelopidas, Philopoemen, Timoleon, Dion of Syracuse, Alexander the Great, Pyrrhus of Epirus, Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Coriolanus, Theseus, Aemilius Paullus, Tiberius Gracchus, Gaius Gracchus, Gaius Marius, Sulla, Sertorius, Lucullus, Pompey, Julius Caesar, Cicero, Cato the Younger, Mark Antony, and Marcus Junius Brutus.

Νεοελληνική πεζογραφία - Μυθιστόρημα

Τα Ματωμένα Χώματα τα είπαν "βιβλίο της σύγχρονης Εξόδου του μικρασιατικού Ελληνισμού". Μυθιστόρημα που τσούζει, ζεματάει, καίει, τιμωρεί. Έχει ψυχή ανθρώπινη, οργή λαού, πόνο εθνικό.

Τα "Ματωμένα Χώματα" εκδόθηκαν το 1962 και μεταφράστηκαν σε πολλές χώρες, όπως η Γαλλία και η Σοβιετική Ένωση. Στην Τουρκία είχαν συγκλονιστική απήχηση.

Μέσα στην επική ατμόσφαιρα του βιβλίου αυτού, που είναι ένα είδος "Πολέμου και Ειρήνης" της Ελλάδας, ζωντανεύει το ανθρώπινο δράμα όλων μικρών λαών που σφαγιάζονται στο βωμό των ιμπεριαλιστικών συμφερόντων.

Η μεγάλη χίμαιρα είναι ένα λεπτομερές ψυχογράφημα. Ο συγγραφέας καταπιάνεται με έναν γυναικείο χαρακτήρα και τον αναλύει συστηματικά. Η ιστορία της Μαρίνας, μιας νεαρής Γαλλίδας που ερωτεύεται, παντρεύεται και ακολουθεί τον άνδρα της στη Σύρο, στο πατρικό του σπίτι της Επισκοπής.

Εκεί ζει, κάτω από τον βαρύ, αποδοκιμαστικό ίσκιο της πεθεράς της. Καθώς η Μαρίνα συνδέει την τύχη της με τα βαπόρια του άνδρα της, κάθε ψυχική της αναταραχή έχει περίεργες συνέπειες πάνω στη ζωή τους.

Όταν έρχεται η οικονομική καταστροφή που είναι συνδεδεμένη με την ψυχική φθορά της ηρωίδας, τότε όλα μπαίνουν στο φαύλο κύκλο του έρωτα και του θανάτου.