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HENRY CABOT LODGE Editor-in-Chief
FRANCIS W. HALSEY Associate Editor
The Best of the World's Classics VOL. I
GREECE 484 b.c. 200 a.d.
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS Vol. I Greece
GREECE 484 b.c. 200 a.d. (2)
HERODOTUS
I SOLON'S WORDS OF WISDOM TO CROESUS [2]
II BABYLON AND ITS CAPTURE BY CYRUS [5] (538 b.c. )
III THE PYRAMID OF CHEOPS [14]
IV THE STORY OF PERIANDER'S SON [15]
THUCYDIDES
I THE ATHENIANS AND SPARTANS CONTRASTED [19]
II THE PLAGUE AT ATHENS [26] (430 425 b.c. )
III THE SAILING OF THE ATHENIAN FLEET FOR SICILY [28] (413 b.c. )
IV COMPLETION OF THE ATHENIAN DEFEAT AT SYRACUSE [36] (413 b.c. )
XENOPHON
I THE CHARACTER OF CYRUS THE YOUNGER [45]
II THE GREEK ARMY IN THE SNOWS OF ARMENIA [49] (400 b.c. )
III
IV
V
PLATO
I THE IMAGE OF THE CAVE [57]
II
III (2)
IV (2)
V (2)
VI THE DEATH OF SOCRATES [72]
ARISTOTLE
I WHAT THINGS ARE PLEASANT [75]
II THE LIFE MOST DESIRABLE [76]
III IDEAL HUSBANDS AND WIVES [77]
IV HAPPINESS AS AN END OF HUMAN ACTION [78]
POLYBIUS
I THE BATTLE OF CANNAE [80] (216 b.c. )
II HANNIBAL'S ADVANCE ON ROME [86] (211 b.c. )
III THE DEFENSE OF SYRACUSE BY ARCHIMEDES [89] (214-212 b.c. )
PLUTARCH
I DEMOSTHENES AND CICERO COMPARED [93]
II THE ASSASSINATION OF CAESAR [96] (44 b.c. )
III CLEOPATRA'S BARGE [103]
IV THE DEATH OF ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA [105]
EPICTETUS
I OF FREEDOM [110]
II OF FRIENDSHIP [111]
III THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE CROWD [113]
LUCIAN
I A DESCENT TO THE UNKNOWN [115]
II AMONG THE PHILOSOPHERS [121]
III OF LIARS AND LYING [125]
