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I also wondered if Mr. Durant has considered a list of additional reading, or supplementary selections. Since the list was first compiled almost 80 years, there are a lot of things that are not covered by the list today. Additions to the list will certainly be something to think about and consider as this website progresses.
Remember that much of what we know of as culture and civilization is based on what you will be reading in this section. As it was the foundation for Western civilization, let it build on your own personal knowledge and education. And enjoy this profound literature and history!
Briefly, on the works that I have selected: Mr. Durant mentions a 2 volume edition of Bury's "History of Greece", I was only able to find 2 editions, both of one volume and chose the one that was published latest. Durant states a preference for the Everyman Library editions of Herodotus, which I also could not find. The Everyman or Everyman's Library books seem to be very popuar as collectibles and I think that is the reason that they are so hard to find as free eBooks online. Mr Dyrant recommends translations by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sir George Young and Gilbert Murray, and I have noted this in the editions listed. These are all I could find of Euripides works translated at this time, but more can be added as they become available. The Volumes of Plato as translated by Benjamim Jowett are a five volume set that includes everything Mr. Durant suggests and much more that Durant doesn't mention. Concerning the selections of "The Republic" he recommends reading, the texts I have found are numbered, but, I cannot find a copy of the edition he recmmends to compare it with, I am going to read the whole selection.
GROUP 3: GREECE
8) Breasted and Robinson's "The Human Adventure"
Read Chapters 8-19 of Volume 1 which is Breasted's "Conquest of Civilization."
5) H.G. Wells' "The Outline of History"
Continue reading Well's "Outline of History", completing Chapters 22-25.
13) J. B. Bury's "A History of Greece"
Read the entire selection.
J. B. Bury's "A History of Greece" from The Internet Archive 14) Herodotus' "The History"
Read the entire selection.
"The History of Herodotus" Volume 1 from The Internet Archive
"The History of Herodotus" Volume 2 from The Internet Archive 15) Thucydides'
"The History of the Peloponnesian War." Read the entire selection.
16) Plutarch's "Lives of Illustrious Men"
Read the chapters on Lycurgus, Solon, Themosticles, Pericles, Alcibiades, Aristides, Alexander and Demosthenes.
17) Gilbert Murray's
"History of Ancient Greek Literature" Read the entire selection.
Gilbert Murray's "History of Ancient Greek Literature" from The Internet Archive 18) Homer's "The Illiad"
Read the entire selection.
18) Homer's "The Odyssey"
Read the entire selection.
20) Aeschylus' "Prometheus Bound"
Read the entire selection.
21) Sophocles "The Dramas" Everyman Library Edition.
Read "Oedipus Tyrannus" and "Antigone"
22) The Plays of Euripides
Read all of the selections.
23) Diogenes Laertius' "The Lives of the Philosophers"
Read the entire selection.
24) "The Dialogues of Plato"
Read "The Apology of Socrates," "Phaedo," and "The Republic" (sections 327-32, 336-77, 384-85, 392-426, 433-35, 481-83, 512-20, 572-95).
25) Aristotle's "Nichomachean Ethics"
Read the entire selection.
26) Aristotle's "Politics"
Read the entire selection.
12) Henry Smith Williams' "History of Science" (Group 2)
Continue reading Selection #12, Volume 1 finishing chapters 5-9.
11) Elie Faure's "History of Art" (Group 2)
Resume reading Selection #11 Volume 1 completing chapters 4-7.
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