Classics (Antiquity)
Libro VI de la Historia de Heródoto
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Herodotus
Histieo continúa induciendo a los Jonios a batirse contra los Persas. Derrota de la armada jonia y toma de Mileto. La armada persa se…
The Persians
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Aeschylus
This is one of the few Greek tragedies that deals with historical events rather than mythological ones. The elders of the Persian court awa…
Laches
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Plato
Laches (Λάχης) discusses examples of courage including weapons masters, soldiers who stand firm in battle, ferocious animals and the wise pe…
The Ramayan, Book 4
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Valmiki
The Ramayan is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is attributed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon (smṛti). …
Letters of Pliny
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Pliny The Younger
The largest surviving body of Pliny's work is his Epistulae (Letters), a series of personal missives directed to his friends, associates and…
Tusculan Disputations
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Tusculan Disputations (Latin: TUSCULANARUM DISPUTATIONUM) is divided into five books which discuss death, pain, grief, perturbations and vir…
The Legends of the Jews, Volume 4
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Louis Ginzberg
Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century. He was born on November 28, 1873, in Kovno, Lithuania; …
The Morals (Moralia), Book 2
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Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus
The Moralia (loosely translatable as "Matters relating to customs") of the 1st-century Greek scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea is an e…
Lysistrata (version 2)
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Aristophanes
Lysistrata has had enough. She is tired of the constant war that is ravaging Greece and has come up with a solution: Together with female fr…
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book VI
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Diogenes Laertius
There are 10 divisions in this title. This project is a recording of book 6. There is a number of interesting anecdotes on the lives of Anti…
Institutio Oratoria (On the Education of an Orator), volume 1
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus was of Spanish origin, being born about 35 A.D. at Calagurris. At Rome he met with great success as a teacher and…
The Catiline Conspiracy and the Jugurthine War
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Gaius
The Catiline Conspiracy and the Jugurthine War are the two separate surviving works of the historian commonly known as "Sallust". …
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Le Gallienne) - Version 2
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Omar Khayyám
One of the greatest works of poetry in history, this lyric poem presents the deep feelings and emotions of the poet on subjects such as life…
Antigone (Plumptre Translation)
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Sophocles
A powerful artistic protest against tyranny, "Antigone" has been translated and adapted dozens of times, applied over and over thr…
Libro V de la Historia de Heródoto
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Herodotus
Costumbres de los Tracios. Alejandro se venga de los embajadores Persas enviados a Macedonia. Política de Darío con Histieo, s…
Versio Latina (Homeri Odyssea) Liber VI
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Homer
The Versio Latina, or Latin translation of the works of Homer, has existed since the 14th century, but was first printed, under the name of …
Trips to the Moon
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Lucian Of Samosata
The endeavour of small Greek historians to add interest to their work by magnifying the exploits of their countrymen, and piling wonder upon…
Über den Zorn
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, genannt Seneca der Jüngere, war ein römischer Philosoph, Dramatiker, Naturforscher, Staatsmann und als Stoi…
Magna Moralia
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Aristotle
Magna Moralia (Ancient Greek: ΗΟΙΚΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΩΝ, English: Great Ethics) discusses topics including friendship, virtue, happiness and God. It is…
Discourses of Epictetus
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Epictetus
Philosophical discourses of Epictetus as recorded by his affectionate student, Arrian. One main precept expounded is that we do not fear eve…