Vol. I Greece
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| Introduction. By Henry Cabot Lodge. | v | ||
| Herodotus—(Born probably in 484 b.c., died probably in 424.) | |||
| I | Solon’s Words of Wisdom to Crœsus. | ||
| (From Book I of the “History.” Translated by Rawlinson) | 3 | ||
| II | Babylon and Its Capture by Cyrus. | ||
| (From Book I of the “History.” Translated by Taylor) | 9 | ||
| III | The Pyramid of Cheops. | ||
| (From Book II of the “History.” Translated by Rawlinson) | 18 | ||
| IV | The Story of Periander’s Son. | ||
| (From Book III of the “History.” Translated by Rawlinson) | 20 | ||
| Thucydides—(Born about 471 b.c., died about 401.) | |||
| I | The Athenians and Spartans Contrasted. | ||
| (From Book I of the “Peloponnesian War.” Translated by Benjamin Jowett) | 25 | ||
| II | The Plague at Athens. | ||
| (From Book II of the “Peloponnesian War.” Translated by Benjamin Jowett) | 38 | ||
| III | The Sailing of the Athenian Fleet for Sicily. | ||
| (From Book VI of the “Peloponnesian War.” Translated by Benjamin Jowett) | 45 | ||
| IV | Completion of the Athenian Defeat at Syracuse. | ||
| (From Book VII of the “Peloponnesian War.” Translated by Benjamin Jowett) | 52 | ||
| Xenophon—(Born about 430 b.c., died about 357.) | |||
| I | The Character of Cyrus the Younger. | ||
| (From the “Anabasis.” Translated by J. S. Watson) | 68 | ||
| II | The Greek Army in the Snows of Armenia. | ||
| (From the “Anabasis.” Translated by Watson) | 75 | ||
| III | The Battle of Leuctra. | ||
| (From Book VI of the “Hellenica.” Translated by Watson) | 81 | ||
| IV | Of the Army of the Spartans. | ||
| (From the treatise on “The Government of Lacedæmon.” Translated by | |||
| Watson) | 84 | ||
| V | How to Choose and Manage Saddle Horses. | ||
| (From the treatise on “Horsemanship.” Translated by Watson) | 87 | ||
| Plato—(Born about 427 b.c., died in 347.) | |||
| I | The Image of the Cave. | ||
| (From the “Republic.” Translated by Benjamin Jowett) | 95 | ||
| II | Good and Evil. | ||
| (From the “Protagoras.” Translated by Benjamin Jowett) | 103 | ||
| III | Socrates in Praise of Love. | ||
| (From the “Symposium.” Translated by Benjamin Jowett) | 108 | ||
| IV | The Praise of Socrates by Alcibiades. | ||
| (From the “Symposium.” Translated by Benjamin Jowett) | 121 | ||
| V | The Refusal of Socrates to Escape from Prison. | ||
| (From the “Crito.” Translated by Benjamin Jowett) | 133 | ||
| VI | The Death of Socrates. | ||
| (From the “Phædo.” Translated by Benjamin Jowett) | 143 | ||
| Aristotle—(Born in 384 b.c., died in 322.) | |||
| I | What Things are Pleasant. | ||
| (From Book I of the “Rhetoric.” Translated by Buckley) | 149 | ||
| II | The Life Most Desirable. | ||
| (From Book VII of the “Politics.” Translated by Walford) | 155 | ||
| III | Ideal Husbands and Wives. | ||
| (From Book I of the “Economics.” Translated by Walford) | 158 | ||
| IV | Happiness as an End of Human Action. | ||
| (From Book X of the “Nicomachean Ethics.” Translated by Browne) | 165 | ||
| Polybius—(Born in 204 b.c., died about 125.) | |||
| I | The Battle of Cannæ. | ||
| (From Book IV of the “Histories.” Translated by Shuckburgh) | 171 | ||
| II | Hannibal’s Advance on Rome. | ||
| (From Book IX of the “Histories.” Translated by Shuckburgh) | 178 | ||
| III | The Defense of Syracuse by Archimedes. | ||
| (From Book VIII of the “Histories.” Translated by Shuckburgh) | 183 | ||
| Plutarch—(Born about 46 a.d., died in 125.) | |||
| I | Demosthenes and Cicero Compared. | ||
| (From the “Lives.” Translated by Sir Thomas North) | 190 | ||
| II | The Assassination of Cæsar. | ||
| (From the “Lives.” Translated by North) | 197 | ||
| III | Cleopatra’s Barge. | ||
| (From the “Life of Mark Antony.” Translated by North) | 207 | ||
| IV | The Death of Antony and Cleopatra. | ||
| (From the “Life of Mark Antony.” Translated by North) | 211 | ||
| Epictetus—(Born about the middle of the first century.) | |||
| I | Of Freedom. | ||
| (From the “Discourses.” Translated by Thomas Wentworth Higginson) | 223 | ||
| II | Of Friendship. | ||
| (From the “Discourses.” Translated by Higginson) | 229 | ||
| III | The Philosopher and the Crowd. | ||
| (From the “Discourses.” Translated by Higginson) | 235 | ||
| Lucian—(Born about 120 a.d., died about 200.) | |||
| I | A Descent to the Unknown. | ||
| (From “Menippus.” Translated by H. W. and F. G. Fowler) | 237 | ||
| II | Among the Philosophers. | ||
| (From the “Fisher: A Resurrection Piece.” Translated by H. W. and F. | |||
| G. Fowler) | 243 | ||
| III | Of Liars and Lying. | ||
| (From the “Liar.” Translated by H. W. and F. G. Fowler) | 253 |