Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
Hellenistic World
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The Hellenistic World
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Alexander (356-323 BCE)
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The Hellenistic States
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Art and Architecture
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Literature
- Apollonius of Rhodes (c.295-after 247 BCE): Argonautica [At OMACL][Full
Text]
- Quintus Smyrnaeus (fl. f4th Cent CE): The
Fall of Troy [At OMACL]
- Idyll
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Theocritus (c.320-c.260 BCE): Idylls 12
and 29 (trans. Edward Carpenter)[At this site]
- Theocritus (c.320-c.260 BCE): Fifteenth Idyll, c. 250
BCE [At this Site]
- Novels
- Lucius Apuleius (c. 123-c. 170 CE): Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass, trans. Adlington 1566 [Was At Eserver, now Internet Archive] See also Latin Text [At Bibliotheca
Augustana]
See also the WEB Apuleius Website [At Internet Archive]
- Lucius Apuleius (c. 123-c. 170 CE): Metamorphoses trans. Adlington 1566 [Project Gutenberg]
- Lucius Apuleius (c. 123-c. 170 CE): Metamorphoses trans. Adlington 1566 [Internet Archive]
- Lucius Apuleius (c. 123-c. 170 CE): Metamorphoses Trans. A. S. Kline 2013 [Poetry in Translation] [Local copy here]
- Chariton (2nd Cent CE?): Chaireas and Callirhoe [Synopsis of the Plot][Was At Montclair, now Internet Archive]
- Achilles Tatius (2nd Cent CE): Clitophon and Leucippe, trans S. Gaselee 1917, Full Text. [Internet Archive]
- Longus (2nd Century CE): Daphnis and Chloe, trans. George Thornley 1657, full text [Internet Archive]
- Heliodorus of Emesa (3rd or 4th Centr CE): The Aethiopica or Theagenes and Chariclea, trans Thomas Underdowne 1587, rev. F.A. Wright [At Elfinspell] [Internet Archive version here]
- Heliodorus (fl. 220-250 CE): Ethiopian Story [Synopsis of the Plot][At Montclair]
- WEB Petronian Society Ancient Novel Page
- Biography
- Plutarch (c.46-c.120 CE) Lives [At MIT]
- Plutarch (c.46-c.120 CE): On
Biography, from Life of Alexander [At CSUN] [Internet Archive version here]
- Theon (4th Cent CE): On Biography [At CSUN] [Internet Archive version here]
The last known member of the Museum at Alexandria; father of Hypatia.
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Philosophy
- 2ND Hellenistic Philosophy: tSudy Guide [Was At
Brooklyn College, now Internet Archive]
- Diogenes Laertius (3rd Century CE): The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers [Project Gutenberg]
- Diogenes Laertius (3rd Century CE): The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers in Ancient Greek [At Mikrosapoplous]
- (Pseudo)-Plutarch: Des Opinions des philosophes [At this Site]
Full text of a French translation.
- Cynics
- 2ND Diogenes of Sinope, Antisthenes [IEP Articles]
- Diogenes Laërtius: The Lives and Opinions
of Eminent Philosophers Book VI: The Cynics [Antisthenes, Diogenes, Monimus,
Onesicritus, Crates, Metrocles, Hipparchia, Menippus, Menedemus.][At this Site]
- Antisthenes (c.445-c.360 BCE)
- Diogenes of Sinope (c.400-325 BCE)
- Crates (c.365-285 BCE)
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Diogenes Laertius (3rd Cent. CE): Life of Hipparchia from Lives, Book VI. 96-98 [Was At Diotima, now Internet Archive]
- Epicureans
- 2ND Epicurus, Lucretius [IEP Articles]
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Diogenes Laertius (3rd Cent. CE): Lives
of Eminent Philosophers X: Epicurus [At Epicurus]
[Internet Archive version here]
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Epicurus (342-270 BCE) : Letter to Menoecius,
From Digenes Laertius (3rd Cent. CE), Lives, [Was At IEP, now Internet Archive]
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Epicurus (342-270 BCE): Principle Doctrines,
From Digenes Laertius (3rd Cent. CE), Lives, [At Epicurus.net] [Internet Archive version here]
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Epicurus (342-270 BCE): Maxims [Was At
Then Again, now Internet Archive]
- Lucretius (98-c.55 BCE): On
the Nature of Things (De Rerum Natura) [At MIT][Full Text][Chapter files] or
in
Latin [At Latin Library]
One of the greatest Latin poems, and the most extended ancient source on Epicureanism.
See 2ND Study Guide [Was At Brooklyn
College, now Internet Archive]
- Lucretius (98-c.55 BCE): The Nature of Things [At
this Site, formerly ERIS][Full Text]
- Cicero (105-43 BCE): De Finibus
Bonorum et Malorum [At Epicurus]
[Internet Archive version here]
-
WEB Epicurus.net [Internet Archive version here]
Site with all the main texts.
- Stoics
- 2ND Stoicism, Chrysippus, Cleanthes, Marcus Aurelius [IEP Articles]
- Diogenes Laërtius: The
Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers: Book VII: The Stoics [Zeno, Ariston,
Herillus, Dionysius, Cleanthes, Sphaerus, Chrysippus] [At this Site]
- Cleanthes (331-232 BCE): Prayer to Zeus Stobaeus, Eclogae, I, 1, 12)[Was At Eliade, now Internet Archive]
- Stoic Source Texts [At CSUN] [Internet Archive version here]
- 2ND Stoicism [Stanford Encyclopedia of
Philosophy][Internet Archive version here]
- Zeno of Citium (c335-c262 BCE)
- Cleanthes (331-232 BCE)
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2ND Chrysippus (280 BC-206
BCE)[Modern Account] [At Internet Archive]
- Cicero: The Dream of Scipio [Was at WSU, now Internet Archive]
- Epictetus: The Enchiridion [Was at WSU, now Internet Archive]
- Marcus Aurelius Antonius (b.121-r.161-d.180 CE): Meditations,
167 CE [At this Site]
- Skeptics
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Religion
- WEB Associations in the Greco-Roman World [Internet Archive backup here]
An expanding collection of Inscriptions, Papyru, and Other Sources in Translation.
- Lucius Apuleius (c. 123-c. 170 CE): Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass, trans. Adlington 1566 [Was At Eserver, now Internet Archive] See also Latin Text [At Bibliotheca
Augustana]
See also the WEB Apuleius Website [At Internet Archive]
- Lucius Apuleius (c. 123-c. 170 CE): Metamorphoses trans. Adlington 1566 [Project Gutenberg]
- Lucius Apuleius (c. 123-c. 170 CE): Metamorphoses trans. Adlington 1566 [Internet Archive]
- Lucius Apuleius (c. 123-c. 170 CE): Metamorphoses trans. A. S. Kline 2013 [Poetry in Translation] [Local copy here]
- Lucius Apulieus (c.123-c.170 CE): Apologia [Was At UPenn, now Internet Archive]
Full text in Latin and English, or see Translation by Butler [At MIT]
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Philostratus (2-3rd Cent CE): Life
Apollonius of Tyana (b.c.4 BCE), trans F.C. Conybeare 1912 [At MountainMan] [Internet Archive version here]
- Philostratus (2-3rd Cent CE): Life Apollonius of Tyana (b.c.4 BCE), trans F.C. Conybeare 1912 [At Sacred Texts] [Internet Archive version here]
- Philostratus (2-3rd Cent CE): Life Apollonius of Tyana (b.c.4 BCE), trans F.C. Conybeare 1912 [At Livius] [Internet Archive version here]
- Philostratus (2-3rd Cent CE): Life Apollonius of Tyana (b.c.4 BCE) In Ancient Greek
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Greek Magical Papyri I, Papyri II, Papyri III
[At Hermetic Library] [Internet Archive version here]
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Science and Medicine
- Hellenic & Hellenistic Science [At This Site]
Contains: Hippocrates, Aphorisms, c. Fifth
Century BCE, Archimedes, Letter to Dositheus,
c. 220 BCE, Galen, Medicine, c. Mid-Second
Century CE
- Critical Thought
- Theoretical Science
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Aristotle (384-323 BCE): The Four Causes Physics II.3 [Was At WSU, now Internet Archive]
- Mathematics
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2ND Donald Lancon: An Introduction to the Works of Euclid [Modern Account] [Internet Archive version here]
- WEB Euclid (c.300 BCE): Elements [At
Clark][Full Text] [Internet Archive version here]
The site has Java applets which let you play around with the geometric figures.
- Astronomy
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Claudius Ptolemy (C.127-148 CE): Planisphaerium, medieval Arabic translations and an English translation thereof. PDF file [Internet Archive version here]
- Medicine
- Engineering
- Travel: Geography
Geographical reports by Greek and Roman authors represent a certain approach to
knowledge collection which is important in our understanding of their intellectual
approach.
- Claudius Ptolemy (C.127-148 CE): The
Geography [At Lacus Curtius]
- Greek Reports of Babylonia, Chaldea, and Assyria [At
this Site]
From Herodotus.
- Ancient Accounts of Arabia [At this Site]
Accounts from Herodotus, Strabo, Ammianus Marcellinus
- Accounts of Ancient Mauretania, c. 430 BCE- 550 CE [At
this Site]
From Herodotus, Strabo, and Procopius of Caesarea
- Accounts of Meröe, Kush, and Axum, Accounts of Meroe, Kush,
and Axumc. 430 BCE - 550 CE, [At this Site]
From Herodotus, Strabo, Dio Cassius, the King of Axum, and and Procopius of Caesarea.
- Greek Reports of India & Aryavarta [At this Site]
From Herodotus.
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The Periplus [At Internet Archive, from CCNY]
Written by a Greek resident of Alexandria in Egypt during the first century BCE, this text
is one of the oldest surviving accounts of the countries on Africa's east coast. A map
gives some idea of the size and scope of Africa and of the author's journey.
- The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: Travel and Trade in the
Indian Ocean by a Merchant of the First Century, complete, [At this Site]
- Strabo: Geography: Book XV: On India [At
this Site]
- Arrian: Anabasis Alexandri: Book VIII (Indica) [At this Site]
- Pliny: Natural History 6.96-111. (On India) [At
this Site]
- India and the Mediterranean: Bibliography [At this Site]
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Modern
Perspectives on Hellenistic Greece
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