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Greek Classics: Better Book Titles

Posted: 02/22/11 09:45 AM ET
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Comedian Dan Wilbur would like to help you understand the Classics. Whether you dabbled in Euripides during college, or spend hours each day reciting Homer in the original Greek, these new titles will trim the fat and reveal whole stories in a single image! The great works of Virgil, Plato, and Sophocles can finally be read without having to trudge through page after page of SparkNotes!

To see more, go to Betterbooktitles.com.

Reader submitted titles are posted every Friday.

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Comedian Dan Wilbur would like to help you understand the Classics. Whether you dabbled in Euripides during college, or spend hours each day reciting Homer in the original Greek, these new titles wil...
Comedian Dan Wilbur would like to help you understand the Classics. Whether you dabbled in Euripides during college, or spend hours each day reciting Homer in the original Greek, these new titles wil...
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