HENRY CABOT LODGE.
Washington, D. C., July 15, 1909.
CONTENTS
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 BenjaminJowett) | [25] | ||
| II | [The Plague at Athens.] | ||
| (From Book II of the "Peloponnesian War." Translated by BenjaminJowett) | [38] | ||
| III | [The Sailing of the Athenian Fleet for Sicily.] | ||
| (From Book VI of the "Peloponnesian War." Translated by BenjaminJowett) | [45] | ||
| IV | [Completion of the Athenian Defeat at Syracuse.] | ||
| (From Book VII of the "Peloponnesian War." Translated by BenjaminJowett) | [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] |