Table of Contents:
Table of Contents
The Myth of Atlantis
Plato
The Shield of Achilles
Homer
In the Land of the Dead
Homer
Odysseus Fools the Cyclops
Homer
A Faithful Dog
Homer
Thermopylae: Last Stand of the Spartans
Herodotus
Soul, the Prisoner of the Body
Plato
Cosmic Love
Plato
Know Thyself
Plato
The Myth of Er
Plato
The Simile of the Cave
Plato
The Hippocratic Oath
Hippocratic Writings
Pericles' Funeral Oration and the Plague
Thucydides
Pericles Last Speech
Thucydides
Cutting the Gordian Knot
Arrian
Alexander Conquers the Indians
Arrian
The Political Animal
Aristotle
Analyzing the Epic
Aristotle
Marry a Poor Wife
Plautus
The Value of Literature
Cicero
How to Write Poetry
Horace
Romulus and Remus
Livy
Where to Find Women
Ovid
Caesar Becomes a God
Ovid
Nero and the Burning of Rome
Tacitus
The Life of Augustus
Suetonius
Should a Philosopher Withdraw from the World?
Seneca
Sex-Crazed Women
Juvenal
An Extravagant Banquet
Petronius
The Source of True Beauty
Plotinus
Religious Parties in Roman Judea
Josephus
A Miracle Worker
Gregory the Great
Augustine Describes His Conversion
St. Augustine of Hippo
The Two Cities
St. Augustine of Hippo
Wheel of Fortune
Boethius
Byzantium Meets the Crusaders
Anna Comnena
Theodora's Scandalous Origins
Procopius
Sexual Harassment in Ancient Rome
Justinian
The Believer's Duties
The Koran
Women
The Koran
Jews and Christians
The Koran
The Life of Clovis
Gregory of Tours
The Emperor Charlemagne
Einhard
The Death of Roland
Anonymous
Augustine of Canterbury
Bede
King Arthur
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Arthur Becomes King
Sir Thomas Malory
The Norse Discovery of America
Anonymous
Monastic Decadence
Bernard of Clairvaux
In Praise of God's Creation
Francis of Assisi
Woman Is More Bitter than Death
Heloise
Forbidden Love and Its Punishment
Abelard
Thomas Aquinas on Natural Law
Thomas Aquinas
Lanval and Les Deus Amanz
Marie de France
Heaven and Hell
The Koran
Dante Begins His Journey through Hell
Dante Alighieri
The Gates of Hell
Dante Alighieri
Paolo and Francesca
Dante Alighieri
A Group of Medieval Pilgrims
Geoffrey Chaucer
In Defense of Women
Christine de Pizan
The Scholar-Poet and His Love
Francesco Petrarch
The Inquisition Ridiculed
Giovanni Boccaccio
Nuns in Heat
Giovanni Boccaccio
In Defense of Liberal Studies
Coluccio Salutati
The Dignity of Man
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Portrait of a Renaissance Artist
Leonardo da Vinci
The Prince, the Nobility, and the People
Niccolò Machiavelli
Whether It Is Better to Be Loved than Feared
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Ideal Courtier and the Ideal Court
Baldesar Castiglione
What Women Want
Baldesar Castiglione
