The Best of the World's Classics (All 10 Volumes). Henry Cabot Lodge

      Volume I

       Table of Contents

Table of Contents

       HERODOTUS

       I SOLON'S WORDS OF WISDOM TO CRŒSUS

       II BABYLON AND ITS CAPTURE BY CYRUS

       III BABYLON AND ITS CAPTURE BY CYRUS

       IV BABYLON AND ITS CAPTURE BY CYRUS

       THUCYDIDES

       I THE ATHENIANS AND SPARTANS CONTRASTED

       II THE PLAGUE AT ATHENS

       III THE SAILING OF THE ATHENIAN FLEET FOR SICILY

       IV COMPLETION OF THE ATHENIAN DEFEAT AT SYRACUSE

       XENOPHON

       I THE CHARACTER OF CYRUS THE YOUNGER

       II THE GREEK ARMY IN THE SNOWS OF ARMENIA

       III THE BATTLE OF LEUCTRA

       IV OF THE ARMY OF THE SPARTANS

       V HOW TO CHOOSE AND MANAGE SADDLE-HORSES

       PLATO

       I THE IMAGE OF THE CAVE

       II GOOD AND EVIL

       III SOCRATES IN PRAISE OF LOVE

       IV THE PRAISE OF SOCRATES BY ALCIBIADES

       V THE REFUSAL OF SOCRATES TO ESCAPE FROM PRISON

       VI THE DEATH OF SOCRATES

       ARISTOTLE

       I WHAT THINGS ARE PLEASANT

       II THE LIFE MOST DESIRABLE

       III IDEAL HUSBANDS AND WIVES

       IV HAPPINESS AS AN END OF HUMAN ACTION

       POLYBIUS

       I THE BATTLE OF CANNÆ

       II HANNIBAL'S ADVANCE ON ROME

       III THE DEFENSE OF SYRACUSE BY ARCHIMEDES

       PLUTARCH

       I DEMOSTHENES AND CICERO COMPARED

       II THE ASSASSINATION OF CÆSAR

       III CLEOPATRA'S BARGE

       IV THE DEATH OF ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA

       EPICTETUS

       I OF FREEDOM

       II OF FRIENDSHIP

       III THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE CROWD