This unique reference book offers one of the most comprehensive selections of Greek quotations ever committed to print. With its English text matched by the original Greek, the volume collects entries, ranging from the archaic period to late antiquity, and across philosophy, drama, poetry, history, science and medicine, each indexed with key words to enable fast sourcing. Together, these selections provide an incomparable insight into the glories of Greek civilization.

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Note to the Reader
• Introduction
• Quotations
• A
• ADAMANTIUS JUDAEUS
• AELIAN
• AESCHINES
• AESCHINES SOCRATICUS
• AESCHYLUS
• AESOP
• AGATHIAS
• AGATHON
• PSEUDO-AGATHON
• AGESILAUS II
• AGIS II
• ALCAEUS
• ALCIBIADES
• ALCIDAMAS
• ALCIPHRON
• ALCMAEON
• ALCMAN
• ALEXANDER THE GREAT
• ALEXANDER
• ALEXIS
• ALPHEIUS
• AMEIPSIAS
• AMMIANUS
• AMPHIS
• ANACHARSIS
• ANACREON
• ANACREONTEA
• ANANIUS
• ANAXAGORAS
• ANAXANDRIDES
• ANAXARCHUS
• ANAXILAS
• ANAXIMANDER
• ANAXIMENES (1)
• ANAXIMENES (2)
• ANAXIPPUS
• ANDOCIDES
• ANONYMOUS
• ANTIGONUS (1)
• ANTIGONUS (2)
• ANTIMACHUS
• ANTIPATER OF SIDON
• ANTIPATER OF THESSALONICA
• ANTIPATER
• ANTIPHANES
• ANTIPHILUS
• ANTIPHON ORATOR
• ANTIPHON SOPHIST
• ANTIPHON TRAGEDIAN
• ANTISTHENES
• ANYTE
• APELLES
• APOLLODORUS
• APOLLODORUS OF CARYSTUS
• APOLLODORUS OF GELA
• APOLLODORUS OF CARYSTUS OR GELA
• APOLLONIDES
• APOLLONIUS OF RHODES
• APOLLONIUS OF TYANA
• ARATUS
• ARCESILAUS
• ARCHELAUS (1)
• ARCHELAUS (2)
• AROCHIAS
• ARCHIDAMUS
• ARCHIDAMUS III
• ARCHILOCHUS
• ARCHIMEDES
• ARCHIPPUS
• ARIPHRON
• ARISTARCHUS
• ARISTARCHUS OF SAMOS
• LETTER OF ARISTEAS
• ARISTIDES
• ARISTIDES AELIUS
• ARISTIPPUS
• ARISTON
• ARISTON OF CEOS
• ARISTON OF CHIOS
• ARISTONYMUS
• ARISTOPHANES
• ARISTOPHANES OF BYZANTIUM
• ARISTOPHON
• ARISTOTLE
• ARISTOXENUS
• ARRIAN
• ARTEMIDORUS
• ASCLEPIADES
• ASTYDAMAS
• ST ATHANASIUS
• ATHENAEUS
• ATTICUS
• AUGUSTUS
• AUTOMEDON
• B
• BACCHYLIDES
• ST BASIL
• BATON
• BIAS
• BIBLE
• BION
• BION OF SMYRNA
• BITON
• BRASIDAS
• C
• CALLICRATIDAS
• CALLIMACHUS
• CALLINUS
• CAPITO
• CARCINUS
• CARPHYLLIDES
• CASSIUS DIO
• CATO THE ELDER
• CHAEREMON
• CHARES
• CHILON
• CHOERILUS
• CHRYSIPPUS
• CIMON
• CLEAENETUS
• CLEANTHES
• CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA
• CLEOBULUS
• CLEOMENES
• CLINIAS
• CLITOMACHUS
• CONSTANTINE THE GREAT
• CORINNA
• CRANTOR
• CRASSUS
• CRATES
• CRATES OF THEBES
• CRATINUS
• CRITIAS
• ST CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA
• D
• DARIUS I
• DEMADES
• DEMETRIUS
• DEMETRIUS PHALEREUS
• DEMOCRITUS
• DEMOSTHENES
• DICAEOGENES
• DIDYMUS
• DIO CHRYSOSTOM
• DIODORUS SICULUS
• DIOGENES
• DIOGENES LAERTIUS
• DIOGENES OF APOLLONIA
• DIOGENES OF BABYLON
• DIOGENES OF OENOANDA
• DIOGENIANUS
• DIONYSIUS I
• DIONYSIUS II
• DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS
• DIONYSIUS OF SINOPE
• DIOPHANES
• DIOSCORIDES EPIGRAMMATICUS
• DIOTOGENES
• DIPHILUS
• DISSOI LOGOI
• E
• ECUMENICAL COUNCILS
• EMPEDOCLES
• ENIGMATA AND RIDDLES
• EPAMINONDAS
• EPHIPPUS
• EPICHARMUS
• EPICTETUS
• EPICURUS
• EPIMENIDES
• EPINICUS
• ERASISTRATUS
• ERATOSTHENES SCHOLASTICUS
• ERINNA
• EUBULIDES
• EUBULUS
• EUCLID
• EUDAMIDAS
• EUENUS
• EUGENES
• EUNAPIUS
• EUPHRATES
• EUPOLIS
• EURIPIDES
• EURYPHAMUS
• EUSEBIUS OF MYNDUS
• EVAGRIUS PONTICUS
• EVODUS
• F
• FABIUS MAXIMUS
• FAVORINUS
• G
• GAIUS
• GALEN
• PSEUDO-GALEN
• GORGIAS
• ST GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS
• H
• HADRIAN
• HECATAEUS
• HEDYLE
• HEDYLUS
• HELIODORUS
• HERACLITUS
• HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
• HERMIPPUS
• HERMOCRATES
• HERMOLOCHUS
• HERODAS
• HERODORUS
• HERODOTUS
• HEROPHILUS
• HESIOD
• HIERAX
• HIEROCLES
• HIERONYMUS OF RHODES
• HIPPARCHUS (1)
• HIPPARCHUS (2)
• HIPPOCLEIDES
• HIPPOCRATES
• HIPPONAX
• HIPPOTHOON
• HOMER
• HOMERIC EPIGRAMS
• HOMERIC HYMNS
• HOMERICA
• HYPERIDES
• I
• IAMBLICHUS
• IBYCUS
• ST IGNATIUS THEOPHORUS
• ION
• IPHICRATES
• ST IRENAEUS
• ISAEUS
• ISOCRATES
• J
• ST JOHN CHRYSOSTOM
• JULIAN THE APOSTATE
• JULIUS CAESAR
• L
• LACYDES
• LAMACHUS
• LASUS
• LEONIDAS
• LEONIDAS OF ALEXANDRIA
• LEONIDAS OF TARENTUM
• LEONTIUS SCHOLASTICUS
• LEUCIPPUS
• LIBANIUS
• ‘LONGINUS’
• LONGUS
• LUCIAN
• PSEUDO-LUCIAN
• LUCILLIUS
• LYCOPHRON
• LYCURGUS
• LYCURGUS ORATOR
• LYSANDER
• LYSIAS
• M
• MARCUS ARGENTARIUS
• MARCUS AURELIUS
• MAXIMUS
• MELEAGER
• MELISSUS
• MENANDER
• METAGENES
• METRODORUS
• MILTIADES
• MIMNERMUS
• MOSCHION
• MOSCHUS
• MUSAEUS (1)
• MUSAEUS (2)
• MUSONIUS
• MYSON
• N
• NERO
• NICARCHUS
• NICENE CREED
• NICIAS
• NICOLAUS OF DAMASCUS
• NICOMACHUS
• NICOPHON
• NICOSTRATUS
• O
• OLYMPIAS
• ORACLES AND OMENS
• ORIGEN
• ORPHICA
• P
• PALLADAS
• PALLADIUS
• PANYASSIS
• PARMENIDES
• PAUSANIAS (1)
• PAUSANIAS (2)
• PERIANDER
• PERICLES
• PERICTIONE
• PHERECRATES
• PHERECYDES
• PHIDIAS
• PHIDIPPIDES OR PHILIPPIDES
• PHILEMON
• PHILEMON THE YOUNGER
• PHILIP II OF MACEDON
• PHILIPPIDES
• PHILIPPUS OF THESSALONICA
• PHILODEMUS
• PHILOLAUS
• PHILON
• FLAVIUS PHILOSTRATUS
• PHILOXENUS
• PHILYLLIUS
• PHOCION
• PHOCYLIDES
• PSEUDO-PHOCYLIDES
• PHRYNICHUS
• PILATE
• PINDAR
• PISANDER
• PITTACUS
• PLATO
• PLATO COMIC
• PLOTINUS
• PLUTARCH
• POLEMON
• POLLIANUS
• POLYAENUS
• POLYAENUS JULIUS
• POLYBIUS
• POMPEIUS MACER
• POMPEY
• POSIDIPPUS
• POSIDONIUS
• PRAXILLA
• PROCLUS
• PROCOPIUS
• PRODICUS
• PROTAGORAS
• PROVERBIAL
• PROVERBIAL EXPRESSIONS
• PTOLEMAEUS
• PTOLEMY
• PYRRHON
• PYRRHUS
• PYTHAGORAS
• PYTHEAS
• PYTHEAS OF MASSALIA
• Q
• QUINTUS
• R
• ROMULUS
• RUFINUS
• S
• SAPPHO
• SAPPHO OR ALCAEUS
• SATYRUS
• SCIPIO A. AFRICANUS
• SCLERIAS
• SEMONIDES
• SEVEN SAGES
• SEXTUS EMPIRICUS
• SIMONIDES
• SOCRATES
• SOLON
• SONGS
• SOPHILUS
• SOPHOCLES
• SOSICRATES
• SOSIPATER
• SOSIPHANES
• SOSTRATUS
• SOTION
• STESICHORUS
• STRATTIS
• SULLA
• SUSARION
• SYNESIUS
• T
• THALES
• THAMUS
• THEANO
• THEMISTIUS
• THEMISTOCLES
• THEOCRITUS
• THEODECTES
• THEOGNIS
• THEOPHILUS
• THEOPHRASTUS
• THEOPOMPUS (1)
• THEOPOMPUS (2)
• THEOPOMPUS (3)
• THRASYBULUS
• THRASYMACHUS
• THUCYDIDES
• THYILLUS
• TIMOCLES
• TIMOCREON
• TIMON
• TIMOTHEUS (1)
• TIMOTHEUS (2)
• TRIPHIODORUS
• TRYPHON
• TYRTAEUS
• X
• XENO
• XENOCRATES
• XENOPHANES
• XENOPHON
• PSEUDO-XENOPHON
• XERXES I
• Z
• ZALEUCUS
• ZENO OF CITIUM
• ZENO OF ELEA
• ZENODOTUS
• ZONAS
• ZOPYRUS
• APPENDICES
• 1. Quotations on Greece and Greeks
• 2. Abbreviations
• 3. List of Translators
• 4. Useful Websites
• 5. Copyright Acknowledgements
• 6. Maps
• Index of Names and Places