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Figures · 145 Deities · 110 Mythic figures · 37 Concepts · 193 Schools · 20 Places · 36 Texts · 68 Works · 16 History · 15 Genealogies · 4

Figures 145

Aedesius died c. 355 CE

Aeschylus c. 525–456 BCE

Aesop fl. 6th century BCE

Al-Farabi c. 872 – 950 CE

Alcinous Ἀλκίνοος

Ammianus Marcellinus c. 330–395 CE

Ammonius Saccas c. 175 – 242 CE

Ammonius son of Hermias c. 440 – 520 CE

Anacreon c. 582–485 BCE

Anaxagoras c. 500 – 428 BCE

Anaximander c. 610 – 546 BCE

Anaximenes c. 586 – 526 BCE

Antiochus of Ascalon c. 130 – 68 BCE

Antisthenes c. 445 – 365 BCE

Apollodorus 1st–2nd century CE

Apollonius of Tyana c. 15 – 100 CE

Apollonius Rhodius c. 295–215 BCE

Apuleius c. 124 – 170 CE

Aratus c. 315–240 BCE

Arcesilaus Ἀρκεσίλαος

Archilochus c. 680–645 BCE

Archimedes c. 287–212 BCE

Archytas Ἀρχύτας

Aristophanes c. 446–386 BCE

Aristotle 384 – 322 BCE

Arrian c. 86–160 CE

Augustine 354 – 430 CE

Averroes 1126 – 1198 CE

Avicenna c. 980 – 1037 CE

Bessarion Βησσαρίων

Boethius c. 477 – 524 CE

Calcidius Calcidius

Callimachus c. 310–240 BCE

Carneades Καρνεάδης

Catullus c. 84–54 BCE

Chrysippus c. 279 – 206 BCE

Cicero 106 – 43 BCE

Cleanthes Κλεάνθης

Cornelius Agrippa 1486 – 1535

Crantor of Soli c. 335 – 275 BCE

Damascius c. 458 – 538 CE

Democritus Abdera · c. 460–370 BCE

Dio Chrysostom c. 40–115

Diogenes Laertius 3rd century CE

Diogenes of Sinope c. 412 – 323 BCE

Empedocles c. 494 – 434 BCE

Epictetus c. 50 – 135 CE

Epicurus Samos and Athens · 341–270 BCE

Euclid fl. c. 300 BCE

Euripides c. 480–406 BCE

Galen 129–c. 216 CE

Gemistos Plethon c. 1355 – 1452 CE

Giordano Bruno 1548 – 1600

Gorgias of Leontini Γοργίας

Heraclitus c. 535 – 475 BCE

Hermias of Alexandria c. 410 – 450 CE

Herodotus c. 484–425 BCE

Hesiod c. 700 BCE

Hierocles of Alexandria 5th century CE

Hippocrates c. 460–370 BCE

Homer c. 8th century BCE

Horace 65–8 BCE

Hypatia c. 360 – 415 CE

Iamblichus c. 245 – 325 CE

Ibycus fl. 6th century BCE

Isidore of Alexandria c. 450 – 520 CE

Isocrates 436–338 BCE

John Philoponus Ἰωάννης ὁ Φιλόπονος

John Scotus Eriugena Eriugena

Julian 331 – 363 CE

Leucippus Miletus or Abdera · 5th c. BCE

Livy 59 BCE – CE 17

Lucian c. 120–after 180 CE

Lucretius Rome · c. 99–55 BCE

Macrobius Macrobius

Manilius fl. c. 10–20 CE

Marcus Aurelius 121 – 180 CE

Marinus of Neapolis c. 440 – after 500 CE

Marsilio Ficino 1433 – 1499

Maximus of Ephesus died 372 CE

Maximus of Tyre 2nd century CE

Michael Psellos 1018 – c. 1078 CE

Nicomachus of Gerasa c. 60 – 120 CE

Nonnus fl. 5th century CE

Norse Sagas c. 1150–1400

Numenius of Apamea 2nd century CE

Ocellus Lucanus 5th c. BCE (traditional)

Olympiodorus c. 495 – 570 CE

Origen c. 185 – 253 CE

Orpheus legendary

Ovid 43 BCE – CE 17

Parmenides c. 515 – 450 BCE

Pausanias c. 110–180 CE

Pherecydes of Syros Syros · 6th c. BCE

Philo of Alexandria c. 20 BCE – 50 CE

Philolaus Φιλόλαος

Philostratus c. 170 – 250 CE

Pico della Mirandola 1463 – 1494

Pindar c. 518–438 BCE

Plato c. 428 – 348 BCE

Plotinus c. 204 – 270 CE

Plutarch of Athens died c. 432 CE

Plutarch of Chaeronea c. 46 – 120 CE

Polemo of Athens c. 350 – 270 BCE

Polybius c. 200–118 BCE

Porphyry c. 234 – 305 CE

Posidonius Ποσειδώνιος

Proclus 412 – 485 CE

Protagoras Πρωταγόρας

Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite c. 500 CE

Ptolemy c. 100–170

Pyrrho c. 360 – 270 BCE

Pythagoras c. 570 – 495 BCE

Sallustius 4th century CE

Sappho c. 630–570 BCE

Seneca c. 4 BCE – 65 CE

Sextus Empiricus c. 160 – 210 CE

Simonides c. 556–468 BCE

Simplicius of Cilicia c. 480 – 560 CE

Snorri Sturluson 1179–1241

Socrates c. 470 – 399 BCE

Solon c. 630 – 560 BCE

Sophocles c. 497–406 BCE

Speusippus c. 408 – 339 BCE

Suetonius c. 69–after 122 CE

Synesius of Cyrene Συνέσιος

Syrianus died c. 437 CE

Tacitus c. 56–120 CE

Thales c. 624 – 546 BCE

The Seven Sages archaic Greece · 7th–6th c. BCE

The Upanishads c. 800–200 BCE

The Vedas c. 1500–500 BCE

Theocritus c. 300–260 BCE

Theon of Smyrna fl. c. 100 CE

Theophrastus Θεόφραστος

Thomas Taylor 1758 – 1835

Thucydides c. 460–400 BCE

Virgil 70–19 BCE

Vitruvius c. 80–15 BCE

Xenocrates c. 396 – 314 BCE

Xenophanes c. 570 – 478 BCE

Xenophon c. 430–354 BCE

Zeno of Citium c. 334 – 262 BCE

Zeno of Elea c. 490 – 430 BCE

Zoroaster Persia · date disputed

Deities 110

Adonis Ἄδωνις

Aether Αἰθήρ · Aether

Amun Egyptian · the Hidden One

Ananke Ἀνάγκη · Necessity

Anubis Anpu · Anubis

Aphrodite Ἀφροδίτη · Venus

Apollo Ἀπόλλων · Apollo

Apophis Egyptian · the Chaos-Serpent

Ares Ἄρης · Mars

Artemis Ἄρτεμις · Diana

Asclepius Ἀσκληπιός · Aesculapius

Athena Ἀθηνᾶ · Minerva

Atum Egyptian · the Self-Created

Bastet Egyptian · the Cat-Goddess

Cybele Κυβέλη · Magna Mater

Demeter Δημήτηρ · Ceres

Dike Δίκη · Justice

Dionysus Διόνυσος · Bacchus

Eos Ἠώς · Aurora

Eros Ἀρως

Gaia Γαῖα · Terra

Geb Egyptian · the Earth

Hades Ἅιδης · Pluto

Hathor Egyptian · Lady of Love & Joy

Hecate Ἑκάτη

Helios Ἥλιος · Sol

Hephaestus Ἥφαιστος · Vulcan

Hera Ἥρα · Juno

Heracles Ἡρακλῆς · Hercules

Hermes Ἑρμῆς · Mercury

Hermes Trismegistus Ἑρμῆς ὁ Τρισμέγιστος

Hestia Ἑστία · Vesta

Hipta Ἵπτα

Horus Heru · Horus

Hygeia Ὑγίεια · Salus

Hypnos Ὕπνος · Somnus

Isis Aset · Isis

Janus Ianus

Khepri Egyptian · the Rising Sun

Khnum Egyptian · the Divine Potter

Khonsu Egyptian · the Moon

Kronos Κρόνος · Saturn

Leto Λητώ · Latona

Leucothea & Palaemon Λευκοθέα

Ma'at Ma'at

Melinoe Μηλινόη

Mise Μίση

Mithras Mithras

Mnemosyne Μνημοσύνη

Mut Egyptian · the Mother

Neith Egyptian · the Weaver of Sais

Nemesis Νέμεσις

Nephthys Egyptian · the Mourner

Nereus Νηρεύς

Nike Νίκη · Victoria

Nomos Νόμος · Law

Nun Egyptian · the Primordial Waters

Nut Egyptian · the Sky

Nyx Νύξ · Nox

Okeanos Ὠκεανός · Oceanus

Orphism Ὀρφικά

Osiris Wsir · Osiris

Ouranos Οὐρανός · Caelus

Pan Πάν · Faunus

Persephone Περσεφόνη · Proserpina

Phanes Φάνης · Protogonos

Poseidon Ποσειδῶν · Neptune

Proteus Πρωτεύς

Prothyraia Προθυραία

Ptah Egyptian · Ptah of Memphis

Ra Ra · Re

Rhea Ῥέα · Magna Mater

Sabazios Σαβάζιος

Sekhmet Egyptian · the Powerful

Selene Σελήνη · Luna

Semele Σεμέλη

Serapis Σάραπις · Serapis

Set Set · Typhon

Shu Egyptian · the Air

Silenus & the Satyrs Σιληνός · Silenus

Sobek Egyptian · the Crocodile

Sol Invictus Sol Invictus

Tefnut Egyptian · Moisture

Tethys Τηθύς

Thanatos Θάνατος · Mors

The Aten Egyptian · the Sun-Disk

The Clouds Νεφέλαι · the Clouds

The Divine θεός · to theion

The Dreams Ὄνειρος · the Dreams

The Eleusinian Mysteries τὰ μυστήρια

The Ennead Egyptian · the Nine of Heliopolis

The Fates Μοῖραι · Parcae

The Furies Ἐρινύες · the Furies

The Graces Χάριτες · the Graces

The Kouretes Κουρῆτες · Corybantes

The Muses Μοῦσαι · Musae

The Nereids Νηρηΐδες · the Nereids

The Nymphs Νύμφαι · the Nymphs

The Ogdoad Egyptian · the Eight of Hermopolis

The Olympian Gods the Twelve

The Orders of the Gods the divine orders

The Roman Gods di · the Roman pantheon

The Seasons Ὧραι · the Seasons

The Stars Ἄστρα · the Stars

The Titans Τιτᾶνες

The Winds Ἄνεμοι · the Winds

Themis Θέμις

Thoth Djehuty · Thoth

Tyche Τύχη · Fortuna

Zeus Ζεύς · Jupiter

Mythic figures 37

Achilles Ἀχιλλεύς

Aegisthus Αἴγισθος

Aeneas Αἰνείας

Agamemnon Ἀγαμέμνων

Ajax Αἴας

Anchises Ἀγχίσης

Andromache Ἀνδρομάχη

Antigone Ἀντιγόνη

Atreus Ἀτρεύς

Cadmus Κάδμος

Cassandra Κασσάνδρα

Clytemnestra Κλυταιμνήστρα

Creon Κρέων

Electra Ἠλέκτρα

Eteocles & Polynices Ἐτεοκλῆς καὶ Πολυνείκης

Ganymede Γανυμήδης

Hector Ἕκτωρ

Hecuba Ἑκάβη

Helen Ἑλένη

Iphigenia Ἰφιγένεια

Ismene Ἰσμήνη

Jocasta Ἰοκάστη

Laius Λάιος

Menelaus Μενέλαος

Nestor Νέστωρ

Odysseus Ὀδυσσεύς

Oedipus Οἰδίπους

Orestes Ὀρέστης

Paris Πάρις

Patroclus Πάτροκλος

Pelops Πέλοψ

Penelope Πηνελόπη

Priam Πρίαμος

Tantalus Τάνταλος

Telemachus Τηλέμαχος

Thetis Θέτις

Thyestes Θυέστης

Concepts 193

Adiaphora ἀδιάφορα · adiaphora

Aisthēsis αἴσθησις · aisthēsis

Aiōn αἰών · aiōn

Akh Egyptian · the blessed spirit

Akrasia ἀκρασία · akrasia

Alchemy the Hermetic art

Allegoresis ἀλληγορία · allegory

Alētheia ἀλήθεια · alētheia

Anagoge ἀναγωγή · the upward way

Analogy of the Sun Republic VI

Anamnesis Recollection

Ankh Egyptian · the sign of life

Apatheia ἀπάθεια · without passion

Apeiron ἄπειρον · apeiron

Aphairesis ἀφαίρεσις · aphairesis

Apokatastasis ἀποκατάστασις · apokatastasis

Aporia ἀπορία · aporia

Archē ἀρχή · archē

Aretē ἀρετή · aretē

Astrology the reading of the heavens

Ataraxia ἀταραξία · freedom from disturbance

Autarkeia αὐτάρκεια · autarkeia

Autozōon αὐτοζῷον · autozōon

Ba Egyptian · the soul

Becoming γένεσις · genesis

Being, Life, Intellect ὂν · ζωή · νοῦς

Chance & Spontaneity τύχη καὶ τὸ αὐτόματον

Chaos χάος · chaos

Chōra χώρα · chōra

Common Notions κοιναὶ ἔννοιαι · koinai ennoiai

Correspondence 'as above, so below'

Courage ἀνδρεία · andreia

Cube (Hexahedron) earth · γῆ

Diairesis διαίρεσις · diairesis

Dialectic διαλεκτική · dialektikē

Dianoia διάνοια · dianoia

Dikaiosynē δικαιοσύνη · dikaiosynē

Dodecahedron cosmos · ὅλον

Doxa δόξα · doxa

Duat Egyptian · the underworld

Dynamis δύναμις · dynamis

Eidos εἶδος · eidos

Eikasia εἰκασία · eikasia

Eikōn εἰκών · eikōn

Ekpyrōsis ἐκπύρωσις · ekpyrōsis

Elenchus ἔλεγχος · elenchos

Ellampsis ἔλλαμψις · ellampsis

Emanation proodos

Energeia ἐνέργεια · energeia

Enkrateia ἐγκράτεια · enkrateia

Entelechy ἐντελέχεια · being-at-its-end

Epistēmē ἐπιστήμη · epistēmē

Epochē ἐποχή · epochē

Eros Symposium

Essence τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι · to ti ēn einai

Eudaimonia εὐδαιμονία · eudaimonia

Eupatheia εὐπάθειαι · eupatheiai

Exaiphnēs ἐξαίφνης · exaiphnēs

Fate εἱμαρμένη · heimarmenē

Friendship φιλία · philia

Gnosis γνῶσις · knowledge

Great Chain of Being scala naturae

Greek Lyric Poetry μέλος

Greek Tragedy τραγῳδία

Harmonia ἁρμονία · harmonia

Harmony of the Spheres ἁρμονία τῶν σφαιρῶν · harmonia tōn sphairōn

Heka Egyptian · sacred magic

Henad ἑνάς

Henology ἑνολογία

Henōsis ἕνωσις · henōsis

Hexis ἕξις · settled state

Hormē ὁρμή · hormē

Hylē ὕλη · hylē

Hyparxis ὕπαρξις · hyparxis

Hypokeimenon ὑποκείμενον · hypokeimenon

Hypostasis ὑπόστασις

Hēgemonikon ἡγεμονικόν · hēgemonikon

Ib Egyptian · the heart

Icosahedron water · ὕδωρ

Ka Egyptian · the life-force

Kabbalah קַבָּלָה · 'the received'

Kairos καιρός · kairos

Kallos κάλλος · kallos

Katharsis κάθαρσις · katharsis

Kathēkon καθῆκον · kathēkon

Know Thyself γνῶθι σεαυτόν

Kosmos κόσμος · kosmos

Ladder of Love Symposium · ascent

Likeness to God ὁμοίωσις θεῷ · homoiōsis theōi

Logoi λόγοι · logoi

Logos reason, word

Logos Spermatikos Λόγος σπερματικός

Megalopsychia μεγαλοψυχία · megalopsychia

Metaxy μεταξύ · the between

Metempsychosis Transmigration

Metriopatheia μετριοπάθεια · metriopatheia

Mimēsis μίμησις · mimēsis

Monad μονάς · monas

Monē μονή · monē

Morphē μορφή · morphē

Motion & Change κίνησις · kinēsis

Myth of Er Republic X

Mythos & Logos μῦθος & λόγος

Natural Magic magia naturalis

Negative Theology ἀπόφασις · negation

Neter Egyptian · netjer, 'god'

Nothing in Excess μηδὲν ἄγαν

Nous Divine Intellect

Noēsis νόησις · noēsis

Octahedron air · ἀήρ

Oikeiōsis Οἰκείωσις

Ousia οὐσία · ousia

Paradeigma παράδειγμα · paradeigma

Participation methexis

Pathos πάθος · pathos

Peras πέρας · peras

Phantasia φαντασία · appearance, imagination

Philosophy φιλοσοφία · philosophia

Phronēsis φρόνησις · phronēsis

Physis φύσις · physis

Piety ὁσιότης · hosiotēs

Pistis πίστις · pistis

Plato's Lambda ψυχογονία · psychogonia

Platonic Solids Timaeus · geometry

Pleasure ἡδονή · hēdonē

Pneuma πνεῦμα · breath, spirit

Principle of Plenitude principle of plenitude

Prisca Theologia the ancient theology

Procession & Return proodos & epistrophe

Prohairesis προαίρεσις · prohairesis

Prolēpsis πρόληψις · prolēpsis

Proto-Indo-European reconstructed · c. 4500–2500 BCE

Providence πρόνοια · pronoia

Psychē ψυχή · psychē

Quadrivium τὰ μαθήματα · ta mathēmata

Ring of Gyges Republic II

Seira σειρά · seira

Sophia σοφία · sophia

Sterēsis στέρησις · sterēsis

Symbola & Synthēmata σύμβολα · symbola

Sympatheia συμπάθεια · cosmic sympathy

Synkatathesis συγκατάθεσις · synkatathesis

Synthema & Symbolon σύνθημα · synthēma

Sōphrosynē σωφροσύνη · sōphrosynē

Technē τέχνη · technē

Telestike τελεστική · telestikē

Telos τέλος · telos

Tetrahedron fire · πῦρ

Tetraktys τετρακτύς · tetraktys

The Active Intellect νοῦς ποιητικός · nous poiētikos

The Allegory of the Cave Republic VII

The Cataleptic Impression φαντασία καταληπτική · phantasia katalēptikē

The Categories κατηγορίαι · katēgoriai

The Chariot of the Soul Phaedrus

The Daimon daimon

The Demiurge Demiourgos

The Divided Line Republic VI

The Flower of the Intellect ἄνθος τοῦ νοῦ · anthos tou nou

The Forms Ideai

The Four Causes αἰτία · aitia

The Four Elements στοιχεῖα · stoicheia

The Golden Mean μεσότης · mesotēs

The Good to Agathon

The Greatest Kinds μέγιστα γένη · megista genē

The Henads henades

The Indefinite Dyad aoristos dyas

The Ineffable τὸ ἀπόρρητον · aporrhēton

The Intelligible & the Sensible τὸ νοητόν

The Method of Hypothesis ὑπόθεσις · hypothesis

The One to Hen

The One and the Many ἓν καὶ πολλά · hen kai polla

The Pagan Plato reading Plato

The Sage Ὁ σοφός

The Sky Father *Dyēus Ph₂tḗr

The Three Hypostases hypostaseis

The Triad τριάς · trias

The Tripartite Soul Republic IV

The Undescended Soul Plotinus · Ennead IV

The Unmoved Mover τὸ πρῶτον κινοῦν · prime mover

The Unparticipated ἀμέθεκτον · amethekton

The Vehicle of the Soul ὄχημα · the vehicle

The World Soul Psyche tou Kosmou

Theos, Deus, Zeus the words for 'god'

Theurgy theourgia

Theōria θεωρία · theōria

Third Man Argument Parmenides · critique

Time χρόνος · chronos

To Prepon τὸ πρέπον · to prepon

Tonos τόνος · tonos

Universals & the Predicables τὰ καθόλου · ta katholou

Unwritten Doctrines ἄγραφα δόγματα

Western Esotericism the hidden tradition

Wonder θαῦμα · thauma

Schools 20

Christian Gnosticism 1st – 3rd c. CE

Cynicism the Dog philosophers

Epicureanism the Garden

Gnosticism 1st – 3rd c. CE

Hermeticism Greco-Egyptian · Roman era

Middle Platonism c. 90 BCE – 220 CE

Neoplatonism 3rd – 6th century CE

Neopythagoreanism Νεοπυθαγορισμός

Platonism the Platonic tradition

Pythagoreanism from c. 530 BCE

Scepticism the Sceptics

Stoicism the Stoa

The Academy c. 387 BCE – 529 CE

The Cyrenaics Κυρηναϊκοί

The Eleatic School Elea · 5th c. BCE

The Golden Chain Pythagoras to Thomas Taylor

The Lyceum the Peripatetics

The Megarians Μεγαρικοί

The Milesian School Miletus · 6th c. BCE

The Sophists 5th c. BCE

Places 36

Abdera Ἄβδηρα

Alexandria Ἀλεξάνδρεια

Argos Ἄργος

Athens Ἀθῆναι

Aulis Αὐλίς

Chaeronea Χαιρώνεια

Colonus Κολωνός

Corinth Κόρινθος

Croton Κρότων

Delos Δῆλος

Delphi Δελφοί

Elea Ἐλέα

Eleusis Ἐλευσίς

Ephesus Ἔφεσος

Ithaca Ἰθάκη

Knossos Κνωσός

Marathon Μαραθών

Megara Μέγαρα

Miletus Μίλητος

Mount Olympus Ὄλυμπος

Mycenae Μυκῆναι

Olympia Ὀλυμπία

Pylos Πύλος

Rome Ῥώμη

Salamis Σαλαμίς

Samos Σάμος

Saïs Σάϊς

Scheria Σχερίη

Sparta Σπάρτη

Stagira Στάγειρα

Syracuse Συράκουσαι

The Academy Ἀκαδήμεια

The Lyceum Λύκειον

The Piraeus Πειραιεύς

Thebes Θῆβαι

Troy Τροία · Ἴλιον

Texts 68

Alcibiades I Plato · dialogue

Antigone Sophocles · tragedy

Apology Plato · dialogue

Commentary on the Timaeus Proclus

Cratylus Plato · dialogue

Elements Euclid · treatise

Elements of Theology Proclus, 5th century CE

Empedocles: Fragments Empedocles

Gorgias Plato · dialogue

Heraclitus: Fragments Heraclitus

Iliad Homer · epic

Isagoge Porphyry · introduction

Julian's Hymns & Orations the Emperor Julian

Laws Plato · dialogue

Letter to Marcella Porphyry

Life of Plotinus Porphyry · biography

Life of Pythagoras Iamblichus · biography

Lives of the Philosophers Diogenes Laertius

Meno Plato · dialogue

Metaphysics Aristotle · treatise

Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle · treatise

Odyssey Homer · epic

Oedipus the King Sophocles · tragedy

On Abstinence Porphyry

On Nature Parmenides · poem

On Prayer Origen · treatise

On the Cave of the Nymphs Porphyry · essay

On the First Principles Origen · treatise

On the God of Socrates Apuleius

On the Gods and the World Sallustius · treatise

On the Mysteries Iamblichus · treatise

On the Nature of the Universe Ocellus · treatise

On the Soul Aristotle · treatise

Optics Euclid · treatise

Parmenides Plato, c. 370 BCE

Phaedo Plato · dialogue

Phaedrus Plato · dialogue

Philebus Plato · dialogue

Physics Aristotle · treatise

Platonic Theology Proclus · treatise

Poetics Aristotle · treatise

Politics Aristotle · treatise

Problems & Solutions Concerning the First Principles Damascius · treatise

Prometheus Bound Aeschylus · tragedy

Republic Plato, c. 375 BCE

Sophist Plato · dialogue

Statesman Plato · dialogue

Symposium Plato · dialogue

The Anacreontea anonymous · lyric collection

The Chaldean Oracles 2nd century CE

The Delphic Maxims the Seven Sages

The Dream of Scipio Cicero · essay

The Emerald Tablet Hermes Trismegistus

The Enneads Plotinus, c. 270 CE

The Fables of Aesop Aesop · fables

The Golden Ass Apuleius · novel

The Hermetica Corpus Hermeticum

The Histories Herodotus · history

The Homeric Hymns archaic Greece

The Hymns of Proclus Proclus

The Moralia Plutarch

The Oresteia Aeschylus · trilogy · 458 BCE

The Organon Aristotle · the logical works

The Orphic Theogony the Orphic poets

The Poems of Solon Solon · poems

Theaetetus Plato · dialogue

Theogony Hesiod · epic

Timaeus Plato, c. 360 BCE

Works 16

Charmides Χαρμίδης

Critias Κριτίας

Euthydemus Εὐθύδημος

Euthyphro Εὐθύφρων

Ion Ἴων

Laches Λάχης

Life of Proclus Πρόκλος ἢ Περὶ εὐδαιμονίας

Lysis Λύσις

On First Principles Περὶ ἀρχῶν

On Providence Περὶ προνοίας

On the Heavens Περὶ οὐρανοῦ

Protagoras Πρωταγόρας

Rhetoric Ῥητορική

Sentences Ἀφορμαί

The Seventh Letter Ἐπιστολὴ ζ΄

Theoretic Arithmetic Thomas Taylor · 1816

History 15

Closing of the Academy 529 CE

Crete the great island

Greek Colonization & the Colonies c. 750 – 550 BCE

Ionia Greek Asia Minor

Macedon kingdom

Magna Graecia Greek Italy & Sicily

The Archaic Period c. 800 – 480 BCE

The Christianisation of the World 4th century CE onward

The Classical Period 480 – 323 BCE

The Eastern Roman Empire CE 330 – 1453

The Greek World the Hellenic world

The Hellenistic Age 323 – 31 BCE

The Peloponnesian War 431 – 404 BCE

The Persian Wars 490 – 479 BCE

Thebes city-state · Boeotia

Genealogies 4

Genealogy of the Gods Θεογονία

The House of Atreus Ἀτρεῖδαι

The House of Labdacus Λαβδακίδαι

The House of Troy Δαρδανίδαι