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HENRY CABOT LODGE.

Washington, D. C., July 15, 1909.

CONTENTS

VOL. I--GREECE

INTRODUCTION. By Henry Cabot Lodge.

HERODOTUS--(Born probably in 484 B.C., died probably in 424.)

I Solon's Words of Wisdom to Croesus. (From Book I of the "History." Translated by Rawlinson)

II Babylon and Its Capture by Cyrus. (From Book I of the "History." Translated by Taylor)

III The Pyramid of Cheops. (From Book II of the "History." Translated by Rawlinson)

IV The Story of Periander's Son. (From Book III of the "History." Translated by Rawlinson)

THUCYDIDES--(Born about 471 B.C., died about 401.)

I The Athenians and Spartans Contrasted. (From Book I of the "Peloponnesian War." Translated by Benjamin Jowett)

II The Plague at Athens. (From Book II of the "Peloponnesian War." Translated by Benjamin Jowett)

III The Sailing of the Athenian Fleet for Sicily. (From Book VI of the "Peloponnesian War." Translated by Benjamin Jowett)

IV Completion of the Athenian Defeat at Syracuse. (From Book VII of the "Peloponnesian War." Translated by Benjamin Jowett)

XENOPHON--(Born about 430 B.C., died about 357.)

I The Character of Cyrus the Younger. (From the "Anabasis." Translated by J. S. Watson)

II The Greek Army in the Snows of Armenia. (From the "Anabasis." Translated by Watson)

III The Battle of Leuctra. (From Book VI of the "Hellenica." Translated by Watson)

IV Of the Army of the Spartans. (From the treatise on "The Government of Lacedaemon." Translated by Watson)

V How to Choose and Manage Saddle Horses. (From the treatise on "Horsemanship." Translated by Watson)

PLATO--(Born about 427 B.C., died in 347.)

I The Image of the Cave. (From the "Republic." Translated by Benjamin Jowett)

II Good and Evil. (From the "Protagoras." Translated by Benjamin Jowett)

III Socrates in Praise of Love. (From the "Symposium." Translated by Benjamin Jowett)

IV The Praise of Socrates by Alcibiades. (From the "Symposium." Translated by Benjamin Jowett)

V The Refusal of Socrates to Escape from Prison. (From the "Crito." Translated by Benjamin Jowett)

VI The Death of Socrates. (From the "Phaedo." Translated by Benjamin Jowett)

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