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Readers who finished Come Close by Sappho and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Ancient & Classical, Linguistics, Literary Collections, and Language Arts & Disciplines.

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Seneca, Epistulae Morales Book 2 A Commentary with Text, Translation, and Introduction

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The Iliad

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Trimalchio’s Feast

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A Commentary on Ovid’s Metamorphoses

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If Come Close by Sappho is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Ancient & Classical, Linguistics, Literary Collections and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Colin A. Ireland, Jan Parker, Philodemus, Emily Greenwood, and others.