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Preface
Read by Ann Boulais
W. Warde Fowler
In Julius Caesar and the Foundation of the Roman Imperial System
In this volume I have tried to meet the wishes of the publishers, by explaining to those who are comparatively unfamiliar with classical ant…
Book XXII, chapter 16 to 24
Read by Rita Boutros
Titus Livius
In The History of Rome, volume 3
The History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) is a history of ancient Rome, written in Latin by Livy (Titus Livius) between 27 and 9 BC, covering th…
Part II
Read by Expatriate
Aristophanes
In The Clouds
Strepsiades is an Athenian burdened with debt from a bad marriage and a spendthrift son. He resolves to go to the Thinking Shop, where he c…
Preface
Read by Mark Harrington
George Philip Baker
In Sulla the Fortunate: The Great Dictator
George P. Baker explores the life of Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix, known more commonly as Sulla. Sulla was a Roman general and statesman of …
Forward
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Plotinus and Porphyry
In Enneads
The six Enneads (ΕΝΝΕΑΔΕΣ) are the collected writings of the Neoplatonic philosopher Plotinus (ΠΛΩΤΙΝΟΣ) arranged by his student Porphyry (Π…
Chapter 14
Read by Sibella Denton
Herodotus
In Herodotus' Histories Vol 2
The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus is considered the first work of history in Western literature. Written about 440 BC, the Histori…
Introduction and Prefaces
Read by Joshua B. Christensen
John Bagnell Bury
In A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great, Vol I
J. B. Bury wrote his “History of Greece” before World War I, but it was such a good overview of classical Greek history that the third editi…
Part 1
Read by Rapunzelina
Edward Taylor Fletcher
In The Lost Island of Atlantis
In this paper, read before the Literary and Historical Society, Quebec, Fletcher demonstrates methodically what he perceives as evidence for…
Book II Part 1 (Chapters 1-9)
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Aristotle
In Rhetoric
The Rhetoric was developed by Aristotle during two periods when he was in Athens, the first between 367 to 347 BCE (when he was seconded to …
Rome
Read by KevinS
Benjamin Hathaway
In 1001 Questions and Answers on General History
A book for students of history to test their knowledge and to direct their studies. As the title tells us, this is a book of 1001 questions,…
Chapter 18 part 2
Read by ontheroad
John Bagnell Bury
In A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great, Vol II
J.B. Bury wrote his “History of Greece” before World War I, but it is such a good overview of classical Greek history that the third edition…
Section 00 – Preface
Read by JoeD
Bernhard Pick
In The Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas
The full title of this book, published in 1909, is The Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas. As early as the second centu…
Preface
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
No Yasumaro Ō, no Are Hieda and no Yasumaro Ō
In Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters
Of all the mass of Japanese literature, which lies before us as the result of nearly twelve centuries of book-making, the most important mon…
From "Constantinople"
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Various
In Birds and all Nature, Vol. IV, No 4, October 1898
"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and br…