Classical Greek literature in translation
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Classical Greek literature in translation (Q730): The study of literature originally written in Classical Greek and translated English. Includes the use of techniques of literary analysis and interpretation.
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PLUTARCH: LIFE OF CRASSUS |
This link takes you to a translation of Plutarch's 'Life of Crassus'. |
utarch; Crassus; Spartacus; Caes | view |
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THE LIFE OF PLATO |
There is an overview of the life of Plato in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book 3. This link takes you to a... |
Plato, Diogenes Laertius, biography, Atlantis | view |
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PLATO'S TIMAEUS (TIMAIOS) |
Without Plato there would be no Atlantis. If the dialogues Timaeus (Timaios) and then the Critias (Kritias) ... |
Plato, Plato's 'Timaeus', Plato's 'Timaios', Atlantis, Pseudoarchaeology, Pseudoscience, Greek philosophy | view |
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Perseus Digital Library |
A collection of Greek and Roman resources, including texts, translations and an image database.
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Greek, Olympic Games, Architecture, Classical, Rome, Roman, Greek philosophy | view |
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SCHERIE, PHAEACIA, AND ATLANTIS |
In Homer's Odyssey, having left Ogygia, Odysseus is wrecked by a mighty storm sent by Poseidon, but is washed up on the island of Scherie... |
Atlantis, Plato, Homer, Scherie, Skherie, Phaeacia, Phaiakia, Alcinous, Alkinoos | view |
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HELIKE PROJECT |
Helice, a city on the Corinthian Gulf, was destroyed by a tsunami in 373 BC. This could have inspired Plato’s thinking regarding his Atlantis... |
Helike, Helice, Atlantis, Plato, Strabo, Earthquakes, Tsunami | view |
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Lacus Curtius |
Informative and wide-ranging website on Roman antiquity, including a photosampler of Roman and Etruscan cities and monuments (with a very large... |
Roman, Classical, sites, Text, monuments, Architecture, Sculpture, coins, Rome, Italy, Europe | view |
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PLUTARCH'S "LIFE OF SOLON" AND ATLANTIS |
Atlantis, "The Island of Atlas", had never been mentioned anywhere in the whole of world literature until, in a fictional conversation in Plato’s... |
Atlantis, Plato, Plutarch, biography, Archaeology, Pseudoarchaeology | view |
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INUNDATION OF ATALANTE (426 BCE) |
An even took place in 426 BCE that some scholars think might have come to influence Plato in his Atlantis story: earthquakes, tsunamis, and the... |
Atlantis, Atalante, Earthquakes, Tsunami, Plato, Thucydides | view |
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF ATLANTIS: PLATO'S IDEAL STATE |
The text book for the course is Kershaw, S.P., A Brief History of Atlantis: Plato's Ideal State, London: Robinson, 2016. It can be... |
Plato, Plato's 'Critias', Plato's 'Kritias', Plato's 'Timaeus', Plato's 'Timaios', Ancient Greek, Ancient history, Greek culture, Atlantis, Kershaw | view |
