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Internet Ancient History Sourcebook

Hellenistic World

 

See Main Page for a guide to all contents of all sections.

Contents
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
    • 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

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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]
  • 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
  • Greek Magical Papyri I, Papyri II, Papyri III [At Hermetic Library] [Internet Archive version here]

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Science and Medicine

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Modern Perspectives on Hellenistic Greece

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NOTES:

The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook is part of the Internet History Sourcebooks Project. The date of inception was 4/8/1998. Links to files at other site are indicated by [At some indication of the site name or location]. WEB indicates a link to one of small number of high quality web sites which provide either more texts or an especially valuable overview.

The Internet History Sourcebooks Project is located at the History Department of  Fordham University, New York. The Internet Medieval Sourcebook, and other medieval components of the project, are located at the Fordham University Center for Medieval Studies.The IHSP recognizes the contribution of Fordham University, the Fordham University History Department, and the Fordham Center for Medieval Studies in providing web space and server support for the project. The IHSP is a project independent of Fordham University.  Although the IHSP seeks to follow all applicable copyright law, Fordham University is not the institutional owner, and is not liable as the result of any legal action.

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