Best of
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece
作者：Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924 [Editor]; Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting), 1851-1919 [Editor]
体例：题 章数：138
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章节目录
共 138 题- THE BEST
- WORLD'S CLASSICS
- RESTRICTED TO PROSE
- HENRY CABOT LODGE
- FRANCIS W. HALSEY
- IN TEN VOLUMES
- Vol. I
- GREECE
- FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
- NEW YORK AND LONDON
- COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY
- FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
- The Best of the World's Classics
- VOL. I
- GREECE
- 484 B.C.--200 A.D.
- INTRODUCTION
- HENRY CABOT LODGE.
- CONTENTS
- VOL. I--GREECE
- HERODOTUS--(Born probably in 484 B.C., died probably in 424.)
- THUCYDIDES--(Born about 471 B.C., died about 401.)
- XENOPHON--(Born about 430 B.C., died about 357.)
- PLATO--(Born about 427 B.C., died in 347.)
- ARISTOTLE--(Born in 384 B.C., died in 322.)
- POLYBIUS--(Born in 204 B.C., died about 125.)
- PLUTARCH--(Born about 46 A.D., died in 125.)
- EPICTETUS--(Born about the middle of the first century.)
- LUCIAN--(Born about 120 A.D., died about 200.)
- GREECE
- 484 B.C.--200 A.D.
- HERODOTUS
- SOLON'S WORDS OF WISDOM TO CROESUS[2]
- FOOTNOTES:
- II
- BABYLON AND ITS CAPTURE BY CYRUS[5] (538 B.C.)
- FOOTNOTES:
- III
- THE PYRAMID OF CHEOPS[14]
- FOOTNOTES:
- IV
- THE STORY OF PERIANDER'S SON[15]
- FOOTNOTES:
- THUCYDIDES
- THE ATHENIANS AND SPARTANS CONTRASTED[19]
- FOOTNOTES:
- II
- THE PLAGUE AT ATHENS[26] (430--425 B.C.)
- FOOTNOTES:
- III
- THE SAILING OF THE ATHENIAN FLEET FOR SICILY[28] (413 B.C.)
- FOOTNOTES:
- IV
- COMPLETION OF THE ATHENIAN DEFEAT AT SYRACUSE[36] (413 B.C.)
- FOOTNOTES:
- XENOPHON
- THE CHARACTER OF CYRUS THE YOUNGER[45]
- FOOTNOTES:
- II
- THE GREEK ARMY IN THE SNOWS OF ARMENIA[49]
- FOOTNOTES:
- III
- THE BATTLE OF LEUCTRA[52]
- FOOTNOTES:
- IV
- OF THE ARMY OF THE SPARTANS[53]
- FOOTNOTES:
- HOW TO CHOOSE AND MANAGE SADDLE-HORSES[54]
- FOOTNOTES:
- PLATO
- THE IMAGE OF THE CAVE[57]
- I see, he[58] said.
- I agree, he said, as far as I am able to understand you.
- FOOTNOTES:
- II
- GOOD AND EVIL[59]
- FOOTNOTES:
- III
- SOCRATES IN PRAISE OF LOVE[60]
- FOOTNOTES:
- IV
- THE PRAISE OF SOCRATES BY ALCIBIADES[66]
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE REFUSAL OF SOCRATES TO ESCAPE FROM PRISON[71]
- FOOTNOTES:
- VI
- THE DEATH OF SOCRATES[72]
- FOOTNOTES:
- ARISTOTLE
- WHAT THINGS ARE PLEASANT[75]
- II
- THE LIFE MOST DESIRABLE[76]
- FOOTNOTES:
- III
- IDEAL HUSBANDS AND WIVES[77]
- FOOTNOTES:
- IV
- HAPPINESS AS AN END OF HUMAN ACTION[78]
- FOOTNOTES:
- POLYBIUS
- THE BATTLE OF CANNÆ[80]
- FOOTNOTES:
- II
- HANNIBAL'S ADVANCE ON ROME[86] (211 B.C.)
- FOOTNOTES:
- III
- THE DEFENSE OF SYRACUSE BY ARCHIMEDES[89]
- FOOTNOTES:
- PLUTARCH
- DEMOSTHENES AND CICERO COMPARED[93]
- FOOTNOTES:
- II
- THE ASSASSINATION OF CÆSAR[96]
- FOOTNOTES:
- III
- CLEOPATRA'S BARGE[103]
- FOOTNOTES:
- IV
- THE DEATH OF ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA[105]
- FOOTNOTES:
- EPICTETUS
- OF FREEDOM[110]
- FOOTNOTES:
- II
- OF FRIENDSHIP[111]
- FOOTNOTES:
- III
- THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE CROWD[113]
- FOOTNOTES:
- LUCIAN
- A DESCENT TO THE UNKNOWN[115]
- FOOTNOTES:
- II
- AMONG THE PHILOSOPHERS[121]
- FOOTNOTES:
- III
- OF LIARS AND LYING[125]
- FOOTNOTES: