- 1Introduction
- 2Vol. I — Greece
- 3Greece 484 b.c — 200 a.d
- 4I — Solon’s Words of Wisdom to Crœsus
- 5II — Babylon and Its Capture by Cyrus
- 6III — The Pyramid of Cheops
- 7IV — The Story of Periander’s Son
- 8Thucydides
- 9I — The Athenians and Spartans Contrasted
- 10II — The Plague at Athens
- 11III — The Sailing of the Athenian Fleet for Sicily
- 12IV — Completion of the Athenian Defeat at Syracuse
- 13Xenophon
- 14I — The Character of Cyrus the Younger
- 15II — The Greek Army in the Snows of Armenia
- 16III — The Battle of Leuctra
- 17IV — Of the Army of the Spartans
- 18V — How to Choose and Manage Saddle-Horses
- 19Plato
- 20I — The Image of the Cave
- 21II — Good and Evil
- 22III — Socrates in Praise of Love
- 23IV — The Praise of Socrates by Alcibiades
- 24V — The Refusal of Socrates to Escape from Prison
- 25VI — The Death of Socrates
- 26Aristotle
- 27I — What Things are Pleasant
- 28II — The Life Most Desirable
- 29III — Ideal Husbands and Wives
- 30IV — Happiness as an End of Human Action
- 31Polybius
- 32I — The Battle of Cannæ
- 33II — Hannibal’s Advance on Rome
- 34III — The Defense of Syracuse by Archimedes
- 35Plutarch
- 36I — Demosthenes and Cicero Compared
- 37II — The Assassination of Cæsar
- 38III — Cleopatra’s Barge
- 39IV — The Death of Antony and Cleopatra
- 40Epictetus
- 41I — Of Freedom
- 42II — Of Friendship
- 43III — The Philosopher and the Crowd
- 44Lucian
- 45I — A Descent to the Unknown
- 46II — Among the Philosophers
- 47III — Of Liars and Lying
Best of the World’s Classics, Vol. 1
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