CONTENTS

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Introduction[1]
I.The Early Epic[7]
II.The Ionians and Hesiod[16]
III.The Lyric Poets[28]
IV.The Milesian Tales[43]
V.Athens in the Fifth Century[57]
VI.Æschylus and Sophocles[70]
VII.Euripides[86]
VIII.Euripides: The Four Feminist Plays[113]
IX.The Socratic Circle[135]
X.Aristophanes[150]
XI.Plato[168]
XII.The Attic Orators[183]
XIII.Aristotle[202]