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The Republic (version 2) - Plato
The Republic (version 2) - Plato
- Author: Plato
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Ancient
The Republic is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato around 380 BC concerning the definition of justice and the order and character of the just city-state and the just man. It is Plato's best-known work and has proven to be one of the most...
Herodotus' Histories Vol 2 - Herodotus
Herodotus' Histories Vol 2 - Herodotus
- Author: Herodotus
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Antiquity
The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus is considered the first work of history in Western literature. Written about 440 BC, the Histories tell the story of the war between the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states in the 5th century BC....
The Public Orations of Demosthenes - Demosthenes
The Public Orations of Demosthenes - Demosthenes
- Author: Demosthenes
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Law
This book, originally published in two volumes, collects the most important complete public orations by Demosthenes, arguably the most famous Athenian orator, that we still have access to. Demosthenes was a Greek statesman and orator of ancient...
Lucian's Dialogues Volume 4: Zeus the Tragedian - LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
Lucian's Dialogues Volume 4: Zeus the Tragedian - LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
- Author: LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Plays
Zeus, gloomy and in tragic distress, is implored by Hermes and Athena to divulge the cause of his melancholy condition; while Hera, true to her Homeric character, confidently attributes it to another earthly amour. The king of gods and men, thus...
Octavius - Marcus Minucius Felix
Octavius - Marcus Minucius Felix
- Author: Marcus Minucius Felix
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Drama / Ancient
This ancient Roman dialogue plays out as a religious debate between the Christian lawyer Octavius, and his close friend, a skeptical pagan named Caecilius. Caecilius is relatively agnostic, expressing skepticism towards both aspects of traditional...
Institutio Oratoria (On the Education of an Orator), volume 2 - Marcus Fabius QUINTILIANUS
Institutio Oratoria (On the Education of an Orator), volume 2 - Marcus Fabius QUINTILIANUS
- Author: Marcus Fabius QUINTILIANUS
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Education
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus was of Spanish origin, being born about 35 A.D. at Calagurris. At Rome he met with great success as a teacher and was the first rhetorician to set up a genuine public school and to receive a salary from the State. He left...
The Boys' and Girls' Pliny Vol. 4 - Pliny the Elder
The Boys' and Girls' Pliny Vol. 4 - Pliny the Elder
- Author: Pliny the Elder
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Reference / Science
The Natural History of Pliny the Elder is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire. The full work consists of 37 books, covering more than 20.000 topics ranging from astronomy and mathematics to botany and precious...
The Six Books of Proclus, the Platonic Successor, on the Theology of Plato - PROCLUS
The Six Books of Proclus, the Platonic Successor, on the Theology of Plato - PROCLUS
- Author: PROCLUS
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Ancient / Christianity - Other
The Six books of Proclus, the Platonic successor, on The Theology of Plato (Greek: ΠΕΡΙ ΤΗΣ ΚΑΤΑ ΠΛΑΤΩΝΑ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ; Latin: Theologia Platonica; Alternate English Title: Platonic Theology) to which a Seventh book is added by the translator, Thomas...
Lucian's Dialogues Volume 3: The Dialogues of the Dead - LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
Lucian's Dialogues Volume 3: The Dialogues of the Dead - LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
- Author: LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Dramatic Readings / Satire
Dialogues of the Dead are 30 miniature dialogues mocking the Homeric conception of the Greek gods, originally written in Attic Greek by Syrian author Lucian of Samosata. Almost 1900 years old, these dialogues still retain a lot of their original...
The Consolation of Philosophy (Version 2) - Anicius Manlius Severinus BOETHIUS
The Consolation of Philosophy (Version 2) - Anicius Manlius Severinus BOETHIUS
- Author: Anicius Manlius Severinus BOETHIUS
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Ancient
The Consolation of Philosophy was written about 524 A.D. and has been called one of the most popular and influential books ever written. The book is presented as a dialogue between Boethius, the author, and Lady Philosophy, his tutor. Through her...
Trinummus: The Three Pieces of Money - Titus Maccius Plautus
Trinummus: The Three Pieces of Money - Titus Maccius Plautus
- Author: Titus Maccius Plautus
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Comedy
Buried treasure, reckless son, exile, young love, betrayal, detection - all as relevant today as when this comedy was written 2200 years ago. - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: Luxury: Sonia Poverty: Availle Charmides, an Athenian merchant: ToddHW...
Adelphi: or, The Brothers - TERENCE
Adelphi: or, The Brothers - TERENCE
- Author: TERENCE
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Comedy
"Micio and Demea are two brothers of dissimilar tempers. Demea is married, and lives a country life, while his brother remains single, and resides in Athens." Things quickly get a bit messy with hushed-up debauchery, kidnapping/elopement/theft of a...
Heautontimorumenos; the Self-Tormentor - TERENCE
Heautontimorumenos; the Self-Tormentor - TERENCE
- Author: TERENCE
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Plays
Terence's six plays are comedies written while he was a slave to a Roman senator. In this one, a severe father compels his son Clinia, in love with Antiphila, to go abroad to the wars; and repenting of what has been done, torments himself in mind. -...
The Natural History Volume 6 - Pliny the Elder
The Natural History Volume 6 - Pliny the Elder
- Author: Pliny the Elder
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Medical / Nature
Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman empire to the modern day and purports to cover the entire field of...
Pseudolus: or, The Cheat - Titus Maccius Plautus
Pseudolus: or, The Cheat - Titus Maccius Plautus
- Author: Titus Maccius Plautus
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Comedy
About two dozen comedies of the Roman playwright Plautus have survived the years, with many of them ending up rewritten and recast by other playwrights such as Moliere. This one, Pseudolus, was part of the source for A Funny Thing Happened on the...
Stichus; or, The Parasite Rebuffed - Titus Maccius Plautus
Stichus; or, The Parasite Rebuffed - Titus Maccius Plautus
- Author: Titus Maccius Plautus
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Comedy
"Antipho, a wealthy and jovial old gentleman of Athens, has two daughters, Pilumena and Pamphila. They are married to two brothers, Epignomus and Pamphilus, who, having run through their property in the company of idlers and Parasites, have, with...
Georgics - Virgil
Georgics - Virgil
- Author: Virgil
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Epics
Virgil's Georgics are the second of the three major poetic works ascribed to the poet. It was published probably around 29 BC and, as the name suggests, the subject of the poem is agriculture. Divided into four books, it is also the shortest of...
The Natural History Volume 5 - Pliny the Elder
The Natural History Volume 5 - Pliny the Elder
- Author: Pliny the Elder
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Medical / Nature
Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman empire to the modern day and purports to cover the entire field of...
Eunuchus: The Eunuch - TERENCE
Eunuchus: The Eunuch - TERENCE
- Author: TERENCE
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Plays
Another of the plays by Terence translated from the Latin by Riley. "A certain citizen of Athens had a daughter named Pamphila, and a son called Chremes. The former was stolen while an infant, and sold to a Rhodian merchant, who having made a...
A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion - EPICTETUS
A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion - EPICTETUS
- Author: EPICTETUS
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Ancient
Selection of text from the four-volume work by Epictetus commonly referred to as the Discourses. The sections are mostly quite short but packed with wisdom and hard earned experience. Also included is the Encheiridion ("Manual"), a summary of...
The Stratagems and The Aqueducts of Rome - Sextus Julius Frontinus
The Stratagems and The Aqueducts of Rome - Sextus Julius Frontinus
- Author: Sextus Julius Frontinus
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / War & Military / Astronomy / Physics & Mechanics
Frontinus' Stratagems is a collection of examples of military stratagems from Greek and Roman history, which the author comments based on his own experience as a general in Germania. Many of the stories he tells can also be found in other Roman...
Peace - Aristophanes
Peace - Aristophanes
- Author: Aristophanes
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Comedy
The 'Peace' was brought out four years after 'The Acharnians' (422 B.C.), when the War had already lasted ten years. The leading motive is the same as in the former play—the intense desire of the less excitable and more moderate-minded citizens for...
Lucian's Dialogues Volume 2: The Dialogues of the Sea-Gods - LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
Lucian's Dialogues Volume 2: The Dialogues of the Sea-Gods - LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
- Author: LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Dramatic Readings / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The Dialogues of the Sea-Gods are 15 miniature dialogues mocking the Homeric conception of the Greek gods, originally written in Attic Greek by Syrian author Lucian of Samosata. Almost 1900 years old, these dialogues still retain a lot of their...
Bacchides: or, The Twin Sisters - Titus Maccius Plautus
Bacchides: or, The Twin Sisters - Titus Maccius Plautus
- Author: Titus Maccius Plautus
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Comedy
Twin sisters, separated at birth to different lands. Later, Mnesilochus falls in love with one of them, only to see his friend Pistoclerus apparently with her. Great complications abound. Eventually all is explained and everyone joins together to...
The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates - Xenophon
The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates - Xenophon
- Author: Xenophon
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)
Xenophon's best memorial of his old guide, philosopher, and friend is this work, in which Xenophon brought together in simple and direct form the views of life that had been made clear to himself by the teaching of Socrates. Xenophon is throughout...
The Junior Classics Volume 3: Tales from Greece and Rome - Various
The Junior Classics Volume 3: Tales from Greece and Rome - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The purpose of The Junior Classics is to provide, in ten volumes containing about five thousand pages, a classified collection of tales, stories, and poems, both ancient and modern, suitable for boys and girls of from six to sixteen years of age....
History of Animals - Aristotle
History of Animals - Aristotle
- Author: Aristotle
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Animals / Medical
(Greek: Τῶν περὶ τὰ ζῷα ἱστοριῶν, Ton peri ta zoia historion, "Inquiries on Animals"; Latin: Historia Animalium, "History of Animals") Book I Grouping of animals and the parts of the human body. Book II Different parts of red-blooded animals. Book...
Moral letters to Lucilius (Epistulae morales ad Lucilium) - Lucius Annaeus SENECA
Moral letters to Lucilius (Epistulae morales ad Lucilium) - Lucius Annaeus SENECA
- Author: Lucius Annaeus SENECA
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Biography & Autobiography / Essays & Short Works
Seneca the Younger’s letters to his friend, Lucilius Junior, appear to have been written with a broad audience in mind. These letters introduce major themes of Stoic philosophy and have been a source of inspiration and comfort for readers throughout...
The Natural History Volume 7 - Pliny the Elder
The Natural History Volume 7 - Pliny the Elder
- Author: Pliny the Elder
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Nature
Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman empire to the modern day and purports to cover the entire field of...
The Georgics: A Poem of the Land - Virgil
The Georgics: A Poem of the Land - Virgil
- Author: Virgil
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Single author
A poem by the Latin poet Virgil, the second of his three known works. "Georgic" means "to work the land," and on such matters of labour Virgil dwells and celebrates. In a dramatic survey of practices including agriculture, viticulture, animal...
Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to A.D. 325 - Alexander Roberts
Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to A.D. 325 - Alexander Roberts
- Author: Alexander Roberts
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Christianity - Other
This LibriVox collection is first in a series of writings from the ante-Nicene Fathers' works. This first collection includes all the so-called Infancy narratives from the New Testament Apocrypha. - Summary by KevinS...
On Benefits (De Beneficiis) - Lucius Annaeus SENECA
On Benefits (De Beneficiis) - Lucius Annaeus SENECA
- Author: Lucius Annaeus SENECA
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Ancient
De Beneficiis (English: On Benefits) is one of the moral essays composed by Seneca, Roman author of the 1st century CE. It deals with Stoic ethics, mainly in regards to political leadership, concerning the award and reception of gifts and favours...
