History of Greek philosophy 3 Volumes Benjamin Apthorp Gould Fuller’s History of Greek Philosophy (1923, 3 volumes) is a comprehensive survey of ancient thought, tracing philosophy from the earliest Ionian thinkers through Plato, Aristotle, and the …
The Higher Aspects of Greek Religion by L.R. Farnell The Higher Aspects of Greek Religion Higher Aspects of Greek Religion (1911–1912) is a series of Hibbert Lectures exploring how Greek religion evolved from primitive animism into a sophisticated s…
The Ephesian Gospel The Ephesian Gospel by Percy Gardner (PDF) The purpose of Percy Gardner’s The Ephesian Gospel was to explore the origins, influences, and meaning of the Fourth Gospel (John) by situating it in the cultural and intellectual enviro…
Fling’s Sourcebook and the Voices of Greece An image from the book This book was published in 1906 by Scientific historian Fred Morrow Fling, The book is an attempt to illustrates Greek history with references to the sources. Fred Morrow Fling’s s…
Virgil's Æneid, books I-VI; the original text with a literal interlinear translation Virgil's Æneid, books From the introduction: Virgil, like Horace, lived in easy circumstances. This mode of life influenced his style. The Aeneid, like all …
A manual of Greek antiquities The present work is an attempt to compress into a single volume, for the use of students, an introduction to all the main branches of Hellenic antiquities — social, religious, and political. Hitherto, in England, such …
The Fathers of Greek philosophy The substance of the following work has been already presented to the public in several Articles by the Author, which have appeared successively under the titles of Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates, in a recent editi…
The Greek orators The Greek orators Contents of the book : The beginnings of oratory.--Antiphon.--Thrasymachus, Andocides.--Lysias.--Isaeus.--Isocrates.--Minor rhetoricians.--Aeschines.--Demosthenes.--Phocion, Demades, Pytheas.--Lycurgus, Hyperides,…
The Anabasis of Alexander The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great Excerpt from the translator's preface When I began this Translation more than two years ago, I had no intention of publishing it; but as the work progressed,…
The Greek view of life Excerpt from the introduction: In approaching the subject of the religion of the Greeks it is necessary to dismiss at the outset many of the associations which we are naturally inclined to connect with that word. What we commo…
A companion to Greek studies The Companion to Greek Studies was undertaken by the Syndics of the University Press with the intention of presenting in one volume such information (apart from that contained in Histories and Grammars) as would be most…
Ancient Athens From preface: The author of a book on Ancient Athens must need to owe much to his predecessors, and these are so many that, in an attempt to make more particular acknowledgement, there is no little danger of omission. In stating a few…
"Know thyself" in Greek and Latin literature Does the meaning of know yourself is the same meaning that the ancients meant by using this term? we read these days the word" know yourself " everywhere, what is the real meaning of K…
A history of Greece from the earliest times to the death of Alexander the Great Excerpt When we can first discern through the mists of antiquity the race who called themselves Hellenes — though we, following the ancient Romans, know them better as …
A sourcebook of Greek history This book was published in 1907 by Scientific historian Fred Morrow Fling, The book is an attempt to illustrates Greek history with references to the sources. Excerpt from the book introduction: During the past fifteen…
Greek hero cults and ideas of immortality Greek hero cults and ideas of immortality This work, of which the main contents were delivered last year as Gifford Lectures in the University of St. Andrews, was planned many years ago as a continuation and…
Beeton's classical dictionary A cyclopaedia of Greek and Roman biography, geography, mythology, and antiquities. Excerpt: Until the advocates of the Ancient Literature shall ^be silenced by their opponents, and it be universally agreed that an e…
The diall of princes by Antonio Antonio de Guevara Born in Treceño in the province of Cantabria, he spent some of his youth at the court of Isabella I of Castile. In 1528 he entered the Franciscan order, and afterward accompanied Charles V, Hol…
Social thought among the early Greeks by Joseph Bertram Gittler (1941) PDF book Few there are who realize how indebted we are to the Greeks for our civilization. Yet we have probably contributed to our cultural possessions less ourselves than we rec…
