Classics (Antiquity)
On the Heavens
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Aristotle
On the Heavens (Greek: Περί ουρανού, Latin: De Caelo or De Caelo et Mundo) is Aristotle's chief cosmological treatise. In it Aristotle argue…
Phaedrus
Read by Martin Geeson
Plato
“For there is no light of justice or temperance, or any of the higher ideas which are precious to souls, in the earthly copies of them: they…
Euthyphro
Read by Andrew Miller
Plato
Awaiting his trial on charges of impiety and heresy, Socrates encounters Euthyphro, a self-proclaimed authority on matters of piety and the …
On the Nature of Things (Watson translation)
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Titus Lucretius Carus
Written in the first century b.C., On the Nature of Things (in Latin, De Rerum Natura) is a poem in six books that aims at explaining the Ep…
Herodotus' Histories Vol 2
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Herodotus
The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus is considered the first work of history in Western literature. Written about 440 BC, the Histori…
Economics
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Aristotle
Economics (Greek: ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΑ; Latin: Oeconomica) may not have been written by Aristotle. The author provides examples of methods used by the…
On the Nature of the Gods
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Marcus Tullius Cicero
De Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods) outlines Stoic, Epicurean and Academic (Skeptical) views on religious questions. Problems discu…
The Odyssey (Version 3)
Read by Mark Nelson
Homer
The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other Homeric epic.…
Anabasis
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Xenophon
Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave hi…
On Interpretation
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Aristotle
Aristotle's On Interpretation (Greek Περὶ Ἑρμηνείας or Peri Hermeneias) or De Interpretatione (the Latin title) is the second of Aristotle's…
Antigone
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Sophocles
This is the final installment in Sophocles' Theban Plays, following Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus. Oedipus's daughter Antigone deliber…
Gorgias
Read by Kevin Johnson
Plato
This dialogue brings Socrates face to face with the famous sophist Gorgias and his followers. It is a work likely completed around the time …
Ten Books on Architecture
Read by Fredrik Karlsson
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
On Architecture is a treatise on architecture written by the Roman architect Vitruvius and dedicated to his patron, the emperor Caesar Augus…
Critias
Read by Kevin Johnson
Plato
This is an incomplete dialogue from the late period of Plato's life. Plato most likely created it after Republic and it contains the famous …
The Morals (Moralia), Book 1
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Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus
The Moralia (or The morals or Matters relating to customs and mores) is a work by the 1st-century Greek scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea. It is…
Stories of Old Greece and Rome
Read by Kevin Green
Emilie Kip Baker
The Stories of Old Greece and Rome is an easy to read summary of all of the famous and not so famous Greek and Roman mythological stories. A…
The Natural History Volume 1
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Pliny the Elder
Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …
Ion
Read by Simon-Peter Zak
Plato
In Plato's ION, Socrates questions Ion, whether he should really claim laud and glory for his 'rhapsodic' recitals of Homer's poetry.—Descri…
De Anima
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Aristotle
On the Soul (Greek Περὶ Ψυχῆς (Perì Psūchês), Latin De Anima) is a major treatise by Aristotle on the nature of living things. …
The Aeneid, prose translation
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Virgil
The Aeneid is the most famous Latin epic poem, written by Virgil in the 1st century BC. The story revolves around the legendary hero Aeneas,…