The Best of the World's Classics - Volume I of 10 - Greece

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Editor

Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting), 1851-1919

Title

The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece

Credits

Produced by Joseph R. Hauser, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Literature -- Collections

Category

Text

eBook-No.

20907

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20907

Release Date

March 26, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.THE BEST — of the — World's Classics — RESTRICTED TO PROSE
3. 3.FRANCIS W. HALSEY — Associate Editor — With an Introduction, Biographical and Explanatory Notes, etc. — IN TEN VOLUMES — Vol. I — GREECE — FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY — NEW YORK AND LONDON — FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
4. 4.GREECE — 484 b.c. —200 a.d.
5. 5.INTRODUCTION
6. 6.Vol. I—Greece
7. 7.GREECE — 484 b.c. —200 a.d.
8. 8.HERODOTUS
9. 9.I — SOLON'S WORDS OF WISDOM TO CRŒSUS [2] — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.II — BABYLON AND ITS CAPTURE BY CYRUS [5] — (538 b.c. ) — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.III — THE PYRAMID OF CHEOPS [14] — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.IV — THE STORY OF PERIANDER'S SON [15] — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.THUCYDIDES
14. 14.I — THE ATHENIANS AND SPARTANS CONTRASTED [19] — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.II — THE PLAGUE AT ATHENS [26] — (430—425 b.c. ) — FOOTNOTES:
16. 16.III — THE SAILING OF THE ATHENIAN FLEET FOR SICILY [28] — (413 b.c. ) — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.IV — COMPLETION OF THE ATHENIAN DEFEAT AT SYRACUSE [36] — (413 b.c. ) — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.XENOPHON
19. 19.I — THE CHARACTER OF CYRUS THE YOUNGER [45] — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.II — THE GREEK ARMY IN THE SNOWS OF ARMENIA [49] — (400 b.c. ) — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.III — THE BATTLE OF LEUCTRA [52] — (371 b.c. ) — FOOTNOTES:
22. 22.IV — OF THE ARMY OF THE SPARTANS [53] — FOOTNOTES:
23. 23.V — HOW TO CHOOSE AND MANAGE SADDLE-HORSES [54] — FOOTNOTES:
24. 24.PLATO
25. 25.I — THE IMAGE OF THE CAVE [57] — FOOTNOTES:
26. 26.II — GOOD AND EVIL [59] — FOOTNOTES:
27. 27.III — SOCRATES IN PRAISE OF LOVE [60] — FOOTNOTES:
28. 28.IV — THE PRAISE OF SOCRATES BY ALCIBIADES [66] — FOOTNOTES:
29. 29.V — THE REFUSAL OF SOCRATES TO ESCAPE FROM PRISON [71] — FOOTNOTES:
30. 30.VI — THE DEATH OF SOCRATES [72] — FOOTNOTES:
31. 31.ARISTOTLE
32. 32.I — WHAT THINGS ARE PLEASANT [75]
33. 33.II — THE LIFE MOST DESIRABLE [76] — FOOTNOTES:
34. 34.III — IDEAL HUSBANDS AND WIVES [77] — FOOTNOTES:
35. 35.IV — HAPPINESS AS AN END OF HUMAN ACTION [78] — FOOTNOTES:
36. 36.POLYBIUS
37. 37.I — THE BATTLE OF CANNÆ [80] — (216 b.c. ) — FOOTNOTES:
38. 38.II — HANNIBAL'S ADVANCE ON ROME [86] — (211 b.c. ) — FOOTNOTES:
39. 39.III — THE DEFENSE OF SYRACUSE BY ARCHIMEDES [89] — (214-212 b.c. ) — FOOTNOTES:
40. 40.PLUTARCH
41. 41.I — DEMOSTHENES AND CICERO COMPARED [93] — FOOTNOTES:
42. 42.II — THE ASSASSINATION OF CÆSAR [96] — (44 b.c. ) — FOOTNOTES:
43. 43.III — CLEOPATRA'S BARGE [103] — FOOTNOTES:
44. 44.IV — THE DEATH OF ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA [105] — FOOTNOTES:
45. 45.EPICTETUS
46. 46.I — OF FREEDOM [110] — FOOTNOTES:
47. 47.II — OF FRIENDSHIP [111] — FOOTNOTES:
48. 48.III — THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE CROWD [113] — FOOTNOTES:
49. 49.LUCIAN
50. 50.I — A DESCENT TO THE UNKNOWN [115] — FOOTNOTES:
51. 51.II — AMONG THE PHILOSOPHERS [121] — FOOTNOTES:
52. 52.III — OF LIARS AND LYING [125] — FOOTNOTES:

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