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Xenophon's Defense of Socrates
Xenophon (430-354 BCE) was an early disciple of Socrates and...
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Parmenides & the Path of Truth
Parmenides (l.c. 485 BCE) lived and taught in Elea, a Greek...
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The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor: An Egyptian Epic
The Tale of The Ship-Wrecked Sailor is a text dated to the Middle...
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Herodotus on Lydia
I:93. Of marvels to be recorded the land of Lydia has no great...
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Herodotus on Babylon
I:192. As to the resources of the Babylonians how great they...
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Herodotus on the Egyptians
II:35. The Egyptians in agreement with their climate, which is...
