Readings: Philosophy and the Hellenistic World

1. Plato, Phaedo
2. Plato, The Republic
3. Aristotle, Ethics
4. Aristotle, Poetics
5. Aristotle, Politics
   • On the origins of the polis
   • Democracy as the best form of government
   • On masters and slaves
   • On the types of government
6. Speech of Alexander the Great
7. Plutarch, Alexander the Great, from Lives
8. Pliny the Elder on Alexander and Aristotle
9. Epicurus, Principal Doctrines
   (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
10. Epicurus, Letter to Menoecius
    (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

Internet Resources

• Alexander the Great Homepage
• Alexandria: The Shining Pearl of the Mediterranean
  (Pharos.bu.edu)
• D.Anthony Storm's Website on Plato
• The Library at Alexandria
  ( Perseus Project, Tufts University)
• Michael Greenhalgh, Greek and Roman Cities of Western Turkey
  ( ArtServe, Australian National University, 1995.)