Series Editors' Foreword
General Introduction
Homer
Introduction
1. Homer, Odyssey, Book 2: The Assembly at Ithaca
2. Homer, Iliad 18.474-617: The Shield of Achilles
Tyrtaeus, Solon, Theognis
Introduction
3. Two Poems by Tyrtaeus
Tyrtaeus 10W: Exhortation to the Young Hoplite
Tyrtaeus 11W: The Hoplite's Handbook
4. Two Poems by Solon
Solon 4W: Eunomia and Dusnomia
Solon 13W: Prosperity, Justice, and the Hazards of Life
5. Three Poems by Theognis
Theognis 53-68W: Social Upheaval
Theognis 173-78W: Poverty and the Agathos
Theognis 183-92W: Breeding, Good and Bad
Pindar
Introduction
6. Pindar, Sixth Nemean Ode
Herodotus
Introduction
7. Three Selections from Herodotus' History
Herodotus, History 1.59-63: The Installation of the Pisistratid Tyranny
Herodotus, History 5.62-73: The Overthrow of the Pisistratids and the Oganization of the Cleisthenic Democracy
Herodotus, History 3.80-84: The Debate in Persia about Constitutions
The Old Oligarch
Introduction
8. The Old Oligarch, The Athenian Constitution
Aristophanes
Introduction
9. Aristophanes, The Wasps
Lysias
Introduction
10. Lysias, On the Killing of Eratosthenes
Demosthenes
Introduction
11. Demosthenes, The Oration against Eubulides
Plato
Introduction
12. Plato, The Apology
13. Plato, The Crito
14. Plato, Protagoras 320c-328d: Protagoras' Myth
15. Plato, Republic 5.471c-473e: The Philosopher-Ruler
Aristotle
Introduction
16. Aristotle, The Constitution of Athens
17. Aristotle, Politics, Book 1.1-2 and Books 7 and 8
18. Aristotle, Economics, Book 1
Epicurus
Introduction
19. Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus
Epictetus
Introduction
20. Epictetus, Encheiridion
Index