Historians and Philosophers : A collated web index : Classical Period (until AD 500)

A collated web index of significant
Historians and Philosophers
Classical Period (until AD 500)

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NOTE: Deceased philosophers and historians are listed chronologically by year of death, whereas living individuals are listed by year of birth.

Parmenides of Elea (515?-445? B.C.)
Greek philosopher

On Nature (HTML at ican.net)
Parmenides biography (HTML at sfsu.edu)
Parmenides biography (HTML at utm.edu)

Protagoras (480-411 B.C.)
Greek philosopher

Protagoras Biography (HTML at utm.edu)

Herodotus (480-425 B.C.)
Greek historian

The History of Herodotus
- HTML at MIT
- Annotated HTML at Perseus

Thucydides (460-? B.C.)
Greek historian

The History of Thucydides
- HTML at MIT
- Annotated HTML at Perseus

Socrates (469?-399 B.C.)
Greek philosopher

No links at present

Xenophon (?-355? B.C.)
Greek general and historian

Agesilaus (annotated HTML at Perseus)
Anabasis (annotated HTML at Perseus)
Apology (annotated HTML at Perseus)
On the Cavalry Commander (annotated HTML at Perseus)
Constitution of the Lacedaimonians (annotated HTML at Perseus)
Cyropaedia (annotated HTML at Perseus)
Economics (annotated HTML at Perseus)
Hellenica (annotated HTML at Perseus)
Hiero (annotated HTML at Perseus)
On the Art of Horsemanship (annotated HTML at Perseus)
On Hunting (annotated HTML at Perseus)
Memorabilia (annotated HTML at Perseus)
Symposium (annotated HTML at Perseus)
Ways and Means (annotated HTML at Perseus)

Plato (427?-347 B.C.)
Greek philosopher

Apology
- HTML at MIT
Charmides
- HTML at MIT
- text at vt.edu
Critias
- HTML at MIT
- text at vt.edu
Crito
- HTML with commentary at uoregon.edu
- text at Wiretap
Euthydemus
- HTML at MIT
- text at vt.edu
Euthyphro
- HTML at MIT
- text at vt.edu
Gorgias
- HTML at MIT
- text at vt.edu
Ion
- HTML at MIT
- text at vt.edu
Laches
- HTML at MIT
- text at vt.edu
Laws (text at vt.edu; 776k)
Meno
- HTML at MIT
- text at vt.edu
Parmenides
- HTML at MIT
- text at vt.edu
Phaedo
- HTML at MIT
- text at vt.edu
Phaedrus
- HTML at geopages.com
- text at vt.edu
Philebus
- HTML at MIT
- text at vt.edu
Protagoras
- HTML at MIT
- text at vt.edu
The Republic
- HTML at Virginia
- text at Wiretap
- HTML at MIT
Sophist
- HTML at MIT
- text at vt.edu
Statesman
- HTML at MIT
- text at vt.edu
Symposium
- HTML at MIT
- text at vt.edu
Theaetetus
- HTML at MIT
- text at vt.edu
Timaeus
- HTML at MIT
- text at vt.edu
Plato biography (HTML at sfsu.edu)

Stilpo (380?-330 B.C.)
Greek philosopher

Stilpo Biography (HTML at utm.edu)

Diogenes of Sinope (412-323 B.C.)
Greek philosopher

Diogenes Biography (HTML at utm.edu)

Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)
Greek philosopher

The Athenian Constitution (HTML at MIT)
History of Animals (HTML at MIT)
Metaphysics (HTML at MIT)
Nicomachean Ethics (HTML at MIT)
On the Heavens (HTML at MIT)
On the Soul (HTML at MIT)
Physics (HTML at MIT)
Poetics (HTML at MIT)
Politics (HTML at MIT)
Posterior Analytics (HTML at MIT)
Prior Analytics (HTML at MIT)
Aristotle biography (HTML at sfsu.edu)

Epicurus (341-271 B.C.)
Greek philosopher

Letter to Menoecius (HTML at utm.edu)
Principal Doctrines (HTML at utm.edu)

Pyrrho (360?-270? B.C.)
Greek philosopher

Pyrrho Biography (HTML at utm.edu)

Chrysippus (280?-207 B.C.)
Hellenistic philosopher

Chrysippus Biography (HTML at utm.edu)

Cicero (106-43 B.C.)
Roman statesman and philosopher

Selections from the Rhetorica on genres of oratory (HTML at towson.edu)
Cicero Biography (HTML at utm.edu)

Strabo (63 B.C. - ?)
Greco-roman geographer and historian

Selections from the Rhetorica on genres of oratory (HTML at towson.edu)
Geography (annotated HTML at Perseus)

Titus Livius (59 B.C. - A.D. 17)
Roman historian

The History of Rome
- Volume I (text at virginia.edu)
- Volume II (text at virginia.edu)
- Volume III (text at virginia.edu)
- Volume IV (text at virginia.edu)
- Volume V (text at virginia.edu)
- Volume VI (text at virginia.edu)

Tacitus (A.D. 54 - 119)
Roman historian

The Annals (HTML at MIT)
Germania (HTML at Fordham)
The Histories (HTML at MIT)

Plutarch (A.D. 45? - 125?)
Greco-roman moralist and historian

Pericles (annotated HTML at Perseus)
Nicias (annotated HTML at Perseus)
Lysander (annotated HTML at Perseus)
Alcibiades (annotated HTML at Perseus)
Theseus (annotated HTML at Perseus)
Themistocles (annotated HTML at Perseus)
Solon (annotated HTML at Perseus)
Aristeides (annotated HTML at Perseus)
Cimon (annotated HTML at Perseus)

Epictetus (A.D. 50 - 138)
Roman philosopher

The Discourses (text at vt.edu)
The Enchiridion (HTML at utm.edu)

Marcus Aurelius (A.D. 121-180)
Roman emperor and philosopher

Meditations (HTML at MIT)

Plotinus (A.D. 204?-270)
Greco-roman philosopher

The Enneads (text at vt.edu)
Plotinus Biography (HTML at utm.edu)

Augustine of Hippo (A.D. 354-430)
Christian philosopher-saint

Confessions [HTML at CCEL]
De Dialectica (HTML with commentary at Penn)
Enchiridion [HTML at CCEL]
On Christian Doctrine [text at CCEL]
Life of St. Augustine of Hippo (HTML at knight.org)

Proclus Diadochus (A.D. 410-485)
Greco-roman philosopher and mathematician

Proclus biography (HTML at MacTutor)

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