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What you can find here
From these pages you can download or read the texts of many ancient Greek writers. The number of the titles increases gradually.
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The texts are added to the site without any predefined order. If a text requires less work to reach an acceptable form then probably it will be uploaded first.
If you find any errors in the texts please inform me in order to correct them. The issue number shows such corrections. Any changes are recorded in the history.
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| Issue, date, size | Compressed file | |
| Aeschines, Against Timarchus | 1.1, 14/5/00, 52kb | ais111.zip |
| Aeschylus, Agamemnon (ed. G. Murray, Oxford 1955) Offered by Slaven Skoko - Student Philological Association Zagreb | 1.0, 14/6/02, 49kb | aeschylus_agamemnon.zip |
| Aeschylus, Choeforoi (ed. Herbert Weir Smyth, 1926) | 1.0, 20/7/03, 32kb | choeforoi_u10.zip |
| Aeschylus, Eumenides (ed. Herbert Weir Smyth, 1926) | 1.0, 20/7/03, 29kb | eumenides_u10.zip |
| Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound | 1.0, 20/8/00, 36kb | promitheus.zip |
| Aeschylus, Septem contra Thebas (ed. Herbert Weir Smyth, Cambridge 1926) | 1.0, 1/11/01, 31kb | EptaEpiThivas01u.zip |
| Apollodorus (pseudo-), Library A | 1.0, 16/9/00, 34kb | apolla10.zip |
| Apollodorus (pseudo-), Library B | 1.0, 24/9/00, 39kb | apollb10.zip |
| Apollodorus (pseudo-), Library C | 1.0, 21/10/00, 43kb | apollc10.zip |
| Apollodorus (pseudo-), Library Epitome contributed by Spyros Missiakoulis | 1.0, 9/7/04, 57kb | apolle10.zip |
| Aristophanes, Acharnians | 1.0, 18/6/00, 41kb | dikaip.zip |
| Aristophanes, Clouds | 1.0, 22/4/00, 53kb | arist110.zip |
| Aristophanes, Frogs [ed. F.W. Hall and W.M. Geldart, Oxford. 1907] | 1.0, 4/10/01, 54kb | frogs_u10.zip |
| Aristophanes, Knights [ed. F.W. Hall and W.M. Geldart, Oxford. 1907] | 1.0, 30/3/02, 50kb | knights10.zip |
| Aristophanes, Lysistrata | 1.0, 9/6/01, 46kb | lysistrata10.zip |
| Aristophanes, Peace [ed. F.W. Hall and W.M. Geldart, Oxford. 1907] | 1.0, 30/3/02, 46kb | peace10.zip |
| Aristophanes, Wasps [ed. F.W. Hall and W.M. Geldart, Oxford. 1907] | 1.0, 30/3/02, 54kb | wasps10.zip |
| Aristotle, About Poetics | 1.0, 1/12/00, 38kB | PeriPoihtikhs.zip |
| Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, books 1 & 2 [ed. J. Bywater, Aristotle's Ethica Nicomachea. Oxford, 1894] | 1.1, 31/12/02, 37kB | nicom12u10.zip |
| Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, books 3 & 4 [ed. J. Bywater, Aristotle's Ethica Nicomachea. Oxford, 1894] | 1.1, 31/12/02, 44kB | nicom34u11.zip |
| Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, books 5-10 contributed by Spyros Misiakoulis | 1.0, 06/01/05, 175kB | nicom5-10.zip |
| Aristotle, Parva Naturalia [ed. W. D. Ross, Oxford 1955] | 1.0, 29/11/01, 102kB | mfu10.zip |
| Aristotle, Virtues and Vices | 1.0, 17/6/00, 8kb | arvv.zip |
| Diogenis Laertii Vitae Philosophorum, text only (in html) (ed. H S Long, Oxford 1964) | ||
| Epictetus, Enchiridion (ed. H. Schenkl, Teubner Leipzig 1916) | 1.0, 20/7/03, 22kb | enchiridion_u10 |
| Epicurus, Epistula Tertia Ad Menoeceum | 1.0, 10/4/01, 7kb | pros_menoikea.zip |
| Epicurus, Ratae Sententiae | 1.0, 10/4/01, 7kb | kyriai_doxai.zip |
| Euripides, Bacchae (ed. Gilbert Murray, Oxford. 1913) | 1.0, 18/11/01, 43kb | bacchae10u.zip |
| Euripides, Electra (ed. Gilbert Murray, Oxford. 1913) | 1.0, 18/7/02, 38kb | euripides_electra.zip |
| Euripides, Hippolytus (ed. J. Diggle, Oxford 1984) Offered by Slaven Skoko - Student Philological Association Zagreb | 1.0, 14/6/02, 44kb | euripides_hipolit.zip |
| Euripides, Iphigeneia in Tauris | 1.0, 9/10/00, 49kb | tayrois10.zip |
| Euripides, Medea | 1.0, 18/2/01, 41kb | medea10.zip |
| Herodotus, History 1 | 1.0, 3/6/01, 123kb | herod1u10.zip |
| Herodotus, History 2 | 1.1, 3/6/01, 90kb | herod2u11.zip |
| Herodotus, Histories 3-9 (ed. A. D. Godley. Cambridge 1920) | 1.1, 20/1/04, 509kb | herodotus3-9u11.zip |
| Hesiod, Opera Et Dies Thanks to Manuel Delgado Dominguez | 1.0, 1/4/00, 33kb | OperaEtDies.zip |
| Hesiod, Shield of Heracles | 1.0, 21/10/00, 18kb | aspis10.zip |
| Hesiod, Theogony | 1.0, 1/11/00, 38kb | theogony.zip |
| Hippocrates, De morbo sacro (ed. E. Littre, Paris 1849) | 1.0, 27/10/02, 19kb | hippocrates_de_morbo_sacro.zip |
| Homer, Iliad, books 1-24 (ed. D. B. Monro and T. W. Allen. Oxford, 1920) [You can download each book in a separate file from here.] Many thanks to Manuel Delgado Dominguez for providing the first book of the Iliad. | 1.0, 1/1/02, 557kb | iliad_u10.zip |
| Homer, Odyssey, books 1-24 Also with translation by Arg. Eftaliotis [You can download each book in a separate file from here.] | 1.0, 3/6/01, 449kb | odyssey.zip |
| Isocrates, Busiris, Nicocles, In sophistas, Panathenaicus, Panegyricus, Philippus contributed by Michalis Solomonides | 1.0, 7/1/05, 213kb | isokrates.zip |
| Lucian, A True Story | 1.1, 9/6/01, 45kb | louk1u11.zip |
| Lucian Dialogi Deorum in html format. (ed. H S Long, Oxford 1964) | ||
| Lucian, The Dance (De saltatione) | 1.0, 3/6/01, 30kb | peri_orxhsews.zip |
| Lucian, The Dream or Lucian's Career | 1.0, 29/9/00, 10kb | enypnion10.zip |
| Lucian, How to write History | 1.0, 31/12/00, 32kb | PosDeiIstorian10.zip |
| Lucian, The consonants at law (Trial of sigma) | 1.1, 9/6/01, 7kb | louk3u11.zip |
| Lucian, Slander (About not being too quick to believe a calumny) | 1.1, 9/6/01, 15kb | louk2u11.zip |
| Lysias, Hyper Adynatou (ed. U. Albini, Sansoni, Florence 1955) An offer of Georgia Galani | 1.0, 18/7/02, 14kb | lysias_adynatoy.zip |
| Lysias, Pro Mantitheo (ed. U. Albini, Sansoni, Florence 1955) An offer of Georgia Galani | 1.0, 18/7/02, 11kb | lysias_mantitheou.zip |
| Various, Lyrica (Callinus, Tyrtaeus, Mimnermus, Theognis, Archilochus, Simonides, Alcaeus, Sappho, Anacreon etc.) Offered by Slaven Skoko - Student Philological Association Zagreb | 1.0, 14/6/02, 23kb | lirika.zip |
| Menander, Dyscolus (ed. F.H. Sandbach, Oxford 1972) Offered by Slaven Skoko - Student Philological Association Zagreb | 1.0, 14/6/02, 35kb | menander_diskol.zip |
| Musaeus, Hero et Leander (ed. H. Färber, Munich 1961) Offered by Slaven Skoko - Student Philological Association Zagreb | 1.0, 14/6/02, 14kb | musaeus_hrw.zip |
| Pausanias Attica (ed. F. Spiro. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903) | 1.0, 20/7/03, 96kb | paus_attica_u10.zip |
| Pausanias Korinthiaka (ed. F. Spiro. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903) | 1.0, 20/7/03, 85kb | paus_korinthiaka_u10.zip |
| Pindarus, Olympia I & Nemea I (ed. H. Maehler [post B. Snell], Leipzig 1971) Offered by Slaven Skoko - Student Philological Association Zagreb | 1.0, 14/6/02, 10kb | pindar.zip |
| Plato, Apology (ed. John Burnet, 1903) | 1.0, 2/6/02, 33kB | plato_apology10u.zip |
| Plato, Crito (ed. John Burnet, 1903) | 1.0, 2/6/02, 18kB | plato_crito10u.zip |
| Plato, Euthyphro (ed. John Burnet, 1903) | 1.0, 2/6/02, 21kB | plato_euthypron10u.zip |
| Plato, Laws contributed by Spyros Missiakoulis | 1.0, 26/9/04, 628kB | plato_laws_10.zip |
| Plato, Phaedo (ed. John Burnet, 1903) | 1.0, 2/6/02, 76kB | plato_phaedon10u.zip |
| Plato, Phaedrus | 1.0, 21/11/00, 66kB | phaedrus1.zip |
| Plato, Republic contributed by Spyros Missiakoulis | 1.0, 9/7/04, 543kB | Plato_Republic_1.0.zip |
| Plato, The Seventh Letter Also with translation by J. Harward | 1.0, 14/1/01, 35kB | 7th-ltr-u10.zip |
| Plato, Symposium | 1.1, 8/1/01, 64kB | symposium11.zip |
| Plato, Timaios (ed. John Burnet, 1903) | 1.0, 20/1/04, 88kb | timaios_u10.zip |
| Plutarch, Vitae Parallelae: Agesilaus contributed by Spyros Misiakoulis | 1.0, 3/4/05, 65kb | plut_agesilaus.zip |
| Plutarch, Alcibiades | 1.0, 28/5/00, 43kb | alkib10.zip |
| Plutarch, Vitae Parallelae: Alexander contributed by Spyros Misiakoulis | 1.0, 3/4/05, 88kb | plut_alexander.zip |
| Plutarch, Aristides | 1.0, 29/9/00, 34kb | aristds10.zip |
| Plutarch, Vitae Parallelae: Caesar contributed by Spyros Misiakoulis | 1.0, 3/4/05, 73 kB | plut_caesar.zip |
| Plutarch, Vitae Parallelae: Cicero contributed by Spyros Misiakoulis | 1.0, 3/4/05, 57 kB | plut_cicero.zip |
| Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride (ed. W. Sieveking, Plutarchi moralia, vol. 2.3, Leipzig 1935) | 1.0, 18/7/02, 66kB | de_iside_et_osiride.zip |
| Plutarch, Vitae Parallelae: Galba contributed by Spyros Misiakoulis | 1.0, 3/4/05, 36 kb | plut_galba.zip |
| Plutarch, Kimon | 1.0, 25/11/00, 27kB | kimon10u.zip |
| Plutarch, Vitae Parallelae: Lysander contributed by Spyros Misiakoulis | 1.0, 3/4/05, 52 kB | plut_lysander.zip |
| Plutarch, Vitae Parallelae: Nicias contributed by Spyros Misiakoulis | 1.0, 3/4/05, 75 kB | plut_nicias.zip |
| Plutarch, Vitae Parallelae: Pericles contributed by Spyros Misiakoulis | 1.0, 3/4/05, 73kB | plut_pericles.zip |
| Plutarch, Vitae Parallelae: Solon contributed by Spyros Misiakoulis | 1.0, 3/4/05, 68 kB | plut_solon.zip |
| Plutarch, Vitae Parallelae: Sulla contributed by Spyros Misiakoulis | 1.0, 3/4/05, 96 kB | plut_sulla.zip |
| Plutarch, Vitae Parallelae: Themistocles contributed by Spyros Misiakoulis | 1.0, 3/4/05, 63 kB | plut_themistoles.zip |
| Plutarch, Theseus | 1.0, 29/9/00, 33kb | theseus10.zip |
| Sophocles, Ajax [Ed. Richard Jebb. Cambridge. 1893] | 1.0, 4/10/01, 43kb | ajax_u10.zip |
| Sophocles, Antigone [ed. Sir Richard Jebb, Cambridge. 1891] | 1.0, 29/9/01, 33kb | antigone_u10.zip |
| Sophocles, Electra [ed. Richard Jebb, Cambridge. 1894] | 1.0, 30/3/02, 46kb | electra10.zip |
| Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus [ed. Richard Jebb, Cambridge. 1889] | 1.0, 30/3/02, 62kb | oed_col_u10.zip |
| Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus [ed. Richard Jebb. Cambridge. 1887] | 1.0, 4/10/01, 48kb | otu10.zip |
| Sophocles, Philoctetes [ed. Richard Jebb. Cambridge. 1898] | 1.0, 30/3/02, 46kb | philoctetes10.zip |
| Sophocles, Trachiniae [ed. Richard Jebb. Cambridge. 1892] | 1.0, 30/3/02, 40kb | trachiniae10.zip |
| Theocritus, Idylls Also available in HTML format with an introduction to Theocritus work and life (in Greek) | 1.1, 26/6/04, 91kb | theocritus11.zip |
| Theophrastus, Characters Also available with introduction, translation and index by E. David (in Greek) | 1.0, 3/6/01, 30kb | characters10.zip |
| Thucydides, Histories 1, 2 and 3 files converted to Unicode from Internet Ancient History Source Book of Paul Halsall, after permission | 1.1, 18/03/03, 213kb | thucy1-3u.zip |
| Thucydides, Histories 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 (ed H.S. Jones - J.E. Powell, Oxford 1942) | 1.0, 27/10/02, 377kb | thucydides4-8.zip |
| Xenophon, Anabasis | 1.1, 14/5/00, 197kb | xen211.zip |
| Xenophon, Symposium | 1.0, 22/4/00, 36kb | xen110.zip |
