Greek Texts in Translation

Greek Texts in Translation

Writer	Texts on this Site	Commentaries	Texts on Internet
Homer ca. 800 BC Homer is the poet to whom tradition has attributed the Iliad and the Odyssey. The poems appear to go back to at least the eighth century BCE, and were first written down at the command of the Athenian ruler Pisistratus, who feared they were being forgotten. He made a law: any singer or bard who came to Athens had to recite all they knew of Homer for the Athenian scribes, who recorded each version and collated them into what we now call the Iliad and Odyssey.
			Homer, The Iliad ed. Samuel Butler at Tufts Perseus Homer, The Odyssey, ed. Samuel Butler at Tufts Perseus
Hesiod ca. 700BC Bio from Wikipedia
			Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica Project Gutenberg Theogony at Tufts Perseus Works and Days at Tufts Perseus
Aesop (ca. 620 to 560 B.C) Bio from Wikipedia
	Aesop's Fables		Fables 1880 University of Virginia
Aeschylus 525 - 456 B.C. Aeschylus is the first of the three great Greek tragedians, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. Aeschylus' work has a strong moral and religious emphasis. Besides the literary merit of his work, Aeschylus' greatest contribution to the theater was the addition of a second actor to his scenes. Previously, the action took place between a single actor and the Greek chorus. Aeschylus is known to have written over 70 plays, seven of which are extant
	Agamemnon The Persians
Sophocles 496? - 406 B.C. Sophocles was an Athenian dramatist and politician. He is known as the second of the three great Greek tragedians, preceded by Aeschylus and followed by Euripides. Only seven of his many plays remain.
	The Oedipus Trilogy Oedipus the King Oedipus at Colonus Antigone Philoctetes
Euripides 485?- 406 B.C. Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, along with Aeschylus and Sophocles; he was the youngest of the three. According to ancient sources, he wrote over 90 plays, 19 of which are extant
			Complete Plays [ read \| download ] from Univ. of Adelaide
Hippocrates (460 BC - 377 BC)
			Works [ read \| download ] from Univ. of Adelaide
Aristophanes 448? - 388? B.C.
	The Eleven Comedies The Acharnians The Birds The Clouds The Ecclesiazusae The Frogs Lysistrata The Knights Peace Plutus The Thesmophoriazusae The Wasps Excerpt from the Clouds on the Gods		The Eleven Comedies Other etext editions (via Internet Public Library)
Herodotus 484?–425? B.C.
	Complete Text of the Histories Description of Egypt and the Egyptians Description of the Arabs Description of the Assyrians A Carthaginian Exploration of the West African Coast Phoenician and Carthaginian voyages around Africa Babylon and the Babylonians The Battle of Marathon
Thucydides 460?–400? B.C.
	On Writing History On the Peloponnesian War [complete] On the Peloponnesian War [excerpt] Melos argues for the rights of states The end of the Sicilian Expedition Pericles Funeral Oration
Plato 427?–347 B.C.
	Alcibiades 1, Introduction		Alcibiades 1 Project Gutenberg Jowett Alcibiades (Perseus) W.R.M. Lamb
	Apology, introduction	Commentary	Apology, ( Perseus) Harold North Fowler Apology Last Days of Socrates Jowett Apology NetLibrary Jowett (use your library password)
	Crito, introduction	Commentary	Crito, tr. Harold North Fowler ( Perseus) Crito Exploring Ancient World Cultures Jowett Crito EXPLORING PLATO'S DIALOGUES Jowett
	Euthyphro, introduction	Commentary	Euthyphro, ( Perseus) Harold North Fowler Euthyphro Last Days of Socrates Jowett Euthyphro 4Literature.net Jowett
	Gorgias, introduction	Commentary	Gorgias, ( Perseus) tr. Walter R. M. Lamb Gorgias NetLibrary Jowett Gorgias Ancient Sourcebook Jowett
	Meno, introduction	Meno 1, Meno 2	Meno, tr. Walter R. M. Lamb ( Perseus) Meno Ancient Sourcebook Jowett Meno 4Literature.net Jowett
	Philebus, introduction	Commentary	Philebus 4literature.net Jowett Philebus NetLibrary Jowett
	Protagoras, introduction	Commentary	Protagoras etext library University of Adelaide Protagoras NetLibrary Jowett Protagoras 4Literature.net Jowett
	The Republic The Ring of Gyges Myth of the Cave		The Republic Project Gutenberg (txt) The Republic etext library University of Adelaide The Ring of Gyges and the Myth of the Cave from Bernard Suzanne
			Laws etext library University of Adelaide
Aristotle 384–322 B.C.
	Nichomachean Ethics	Eudemonia	HTML with chapter headings at nothingistic.org Aristotle: Eudemian Ethics ( Perseus) Nichomachean Ethics. W.D. Ross, tr. Columbia University
Plutarch 46?-c.120
	Life of Alexander On Pericles Life of Solon

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