ON THE GENERATION OF ANIMALS by Aristotle translated by Arthur Platt Book I WE have now discussed the other parts of animals, both generally and with reference to the peculiarities of each kind, explaining how each part exists on account of such a cause, and I mean by this the final cause...

POLITICS by Aristotle Translated by Benjamin Jowett BOOK ONE I EVERY STATE is a community of some kind, and every community is established with a view to some good; for mankind always act in order to obtain that which they think good. But, if all communities aim at some good, the state or political community, which is the highest of all, and which embraces all the rest, aims at good in a greater degree than any other, and at the highest good...

The Secret Book Artephius (1) Antimony is a mineral participating of saturnine parts, and has in all respects the nature thereof. This saturnine antimony agrees with sol, and contains in itself argent vive, in which no metal is swallowed up, except gold, and gold is truly swallowed up by this antimonial argent vive. Without this argent vive no metal whatsoever can be whitened; it whitens laton, i...

THE DISCOURSES by Epictetus BOOK ONE CHAPTER 1 Of the things which are in our Power, and not in our Power Of all the faculties, you will find not one which is capable of contemplating itself; and, consequently, not capable either of approving or disapproving. How far does the grammatic art possess the contemplating power? As far as forming a judgement about what is written and spoken. And how far music? As far as judging about melody...

ANDROMACHE by Euripides translated by E. P. Coleridge CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY ANDROMACHE MAID OF ANDROMACHE CHORUS OF PHTHIAN WOMEN HERMIONE, daughter of MENELAUS and wife of Neoptolemus MENELAUS, King of Sparta MOLOSSUS, son of ANDROMACHE and Neoptolemus PELEUS, father of Achilles NURSE OF HERMIONE ORESTES, son of Agamemnon MESSENGER THETIS, the goddess, wife of PELEUS Various attendants ANDROMACHE (SCENE:-Before the temple of THETIS in Thessaly...

THE BACCHANTES by Euripides Characters in the Play Dionysus Cadmus Pentheus Agave Teiresias First Messenger Second Messenger Servant Chorus of Bacchantes Before the Palace of Pentheus at Thebes. Enter DIONYSUS. DIONYSUS Lo! I am come to this land of Thebes, Dionysus’ the son of Zeus, of whom on a day Semele, the daughter of Cadmus, was delivered by a flash of lightning...

THE CYCLOPS by Euripides translated by E. P. Coleridge CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY SILENUS, old servant of the CYCLOPS CHORUS OF SATYRS ODYSSEUS THE CYCLOPS Companions Of ODYSSEUS (SCENE:-Before the great cave of the CYCLOPS at the foot of Mount Aetna...

ELECTRA by Euripides translated by E. P. Coleridge CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY A PEASANT OF MYCENAE, husband of ELECTRA ELECTRA, daughter of Agamemnon ORESTES, son of Agamemnon PYLADES, friend Of ORESTES CHORUS OF ARGIVE COUNTRY-WOMEN CLYTEMNESTRA, widow of Agamemnon OLD MAN, formerly servant of Agamemnon MESSENGER THE DIOSCURI Attendants (SCENE:-Before the hut of the PEASANT, in the country on the borders of Argolis...

HECUBA by Euripides translated by E. P. Coleridge CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY THE GHOST OF POLYDORUS, son of HECUBA and Priam, King of Troy HECUBA, wife of Priam CHORUS OF CAPTIVE TROJAN WOMEN POLYXENA, daughter of HECUBA and Priam ODYSSEUS TALTHYBIUS, herald of AGAMEMNON MAID OF HECUBA AGAMEMNON POLYMESTOR, King of the Thracian Chersonese Children Of POLYMESTOR, Attendants, and guards (SCENE:-Before AGAMEMNON’S tent in the Greek camp upon the shore of the Thracian Chersonese...

HELEN by Euripides translated by E. P. Coleridge CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY HELEN, wife Of MENELAUS TEUCER, a Greek warrior, who fought at Troy CHORUS OF CAPTIVE GREEK WOMEN, attending HELEN MENELAUS, King of Sparta PORTRESS of THEOCLYMENUS FIRST MESSENGER SECOND MESSENGER THEONOE, sister of THEOCLYMENUS THEOCLYMENUS, King of Egypt SERVANT of THEOCLYMENUS THE DIOSCURI Guards, attendants, etc...