CHS Canon of Greek literature
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The first thousand years of Greek
Neel Smith and Chris Blackwell
Work in progress towards creating a canonical list of
all Greek literature transmitted by manuscript copying, down to about 300 A.D.
CHS corpus of Greek literature preserved by manuscript
copying through ca. 300 AD.
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The Homer Multitext
Neel Smith and Chris Blackwell
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Texts pertaining to the history of the Homeric
tradition
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Photius
Bibliotheca
Athenaeus
Deipnosophistae
Deipnosophistae (epitome)
Harpocration
Lexicon in decem oratores Atticos
Proclus
Chrestomathy
Electronic version of composite or critical edition by Severyns in vol. 4
of his Recherches sur la Chrestomathie de Proclus
Electronic edition of the text in the Venetus A MS.
Aristonicus
περὶ σημείων Ἰλιάδος
On the Criticial Signs of the Iliad
Edition of sole remaining fragment, in folio 8r of the Venetus A.
Homeric Hymns
Hymni Homerici
Hymn to Dionysus
Fragmenta Hymni In Bacchum
Hymn to Demeter
In Cererem
Hymn to Apollo
In Apollinem (Fort. Auctore Cynaetho Chio)
Hymn to Hermes
In Mercurium
Hymn to Aphrodite
In Venerem
Hymn to Aphrodite
In Venerem
Hymn to Dionysus
In Bacchum
Hymn to Ares
In Martem
Hymn to Artemis
In Dianam
Hymn to Aphrodite
In Venerem
In Minervam
In Junonem
In Cererem
In Matrem Deorum
In Herculem
In Aesculapium
In Dioscuros
In Mercurium
In Pana
In Volcanum
In Apollinem
In Neptunum
In Jovem
In Vestam
In Musas Et Apollinem
In Bacchum
In Dianam
In Minervam
In Vestam
In Tellurem Matrem Omnium
In Solem
In Lunam
In Dioscuros
Εἰς Ξένους
Dionysius the Periegete
Tour of the World
Orbis Descriptio
Batrachomyomachia
Battle of mice and frogs
Batrachomyomachia
Bacchylides
Epinician Ode 1
1
Epinician Ode 2
1
Epinician Ode 3
3
Epinician Ode 4
4
Epinician Ode 5
5
Epinician Ode 6
6
Epinician Ode 7
7
Epinician Ode 8
88
Epinician Ode 9
9
Epinician Ode 10
10
Epinician Ode 11
11
Epinician Ode 12
12
Epinician Ode 13
13
Epinician Ode 14
14
Epinician Ode 14b
14b
Dithyrambic Ode 15
15
Dithyrambic Ode 16
16
Dithyrambic Ode 17
17
Dithyrambic Ode 18
18
Dithyrambic Ode 19
19
Dithyrambic Ode 20
20
Encomium 20B
20b
Novum Testamentum
New Testament
The Gospel According to Matthew
Evangelium secundum Matthaeum
The Gospel According to Mark
Evangelium secundum Marcum
The Gospel According to Luke
Evangelium secundum Lucem
The Gospel According to John
Evangelium secundum Joannem
Acta Apostolorum
Acts of the Apostles
Polybius
Histories
Anthologia Graeca
Greek Anthology
Anthologia Graeca
Greek Anthology
Libanius
Hypotheses to the Orations of Demosthenes
Argumenta orationum Demosthenicarum
Hippocrates
Airs, Waters, Places
De aere aquis et locis
Aeschylus
Supplices
Suppliant Women
Persae
Persians
Prometheus vinctus
Prometheus Bound
Septem contra Thebas
Seven against Thebes
Agamemnon
Choephoroe
Libation Bearers
Eumenides
Furies
Aeschines
In Timarchum
Against Timarchus
De falsa Legatione
On the Mishandled Embassy
In Ctesiphontem
Against Ctesiphon
Andocides
De mysteriis
On the Mysteries
De reditu suo
On his Return
De pace
On the Peace with Sparta
In Alcibiadem
Against Alcibiades
Antiphon, orator.
In novercam
Against the Stepmother
Tetralogia 1
Tetralogy 1
Tetralogia 2
Tetralogy 2
Tetralogia 3
Tetralogy 3
De caede Herodis
On the Murder of Herodes
De choreuta
On the Choreutes
Apollodorus, Myth.
Bibliotheca
Library
Aristophanes
Acharnenses
Acharnians
Equites
Knights
Nubes
Clouds
Vespae
Wasps
Pax
Peace
Aves
Birds
Lysistrata
Thesmophoriazusae
Women Celebrating the Thesmophoria
Ranae
Frogs
Ecclesiazusae
Women Having an Assembly
Plutus
Wealth
Aristotle
Ἀθηναίων πολιτεία
Constitution of the Athenians
Oeconomica
Economics
Ethica Eudemia
Eudemian Ethics
Metaphysica
Metaphysics
Ethica Nicomacea
Nicomachean Ethics
Poetica
Poetics
Politica
Politics
Rhetorica
Rhetoric
Demosthenes
Olynthiaca 1
First Olynthiac
Olynthiaca 2
Second Olynthiac
Olynthiaca 3
Third Olynthiac
Philippica 1
First Philippic
De pace
On the Peace
Philippica 2
Second Philippic
De Halonneso
On Halonnesus
De Chersoneso
On the Chersonese
Philippica 3
Third Philippic
Philippica 4
Fourth Philippic
In epistulam Philippi
Answer to Philip's letter
[Philippi] epistula
Philip's Letter
Περὶ συντάξεως
On Organization
Περὶ τῶν συμμοριῶν
On the Navy Boards
De Rhodiorum libertate
On the Liberty of the Rhodians
Pro Megalopolitanis
For the People of Megalopolis
Περὶ τῶν πρὸς Ἀλέξανδρον συνθηκῶν
On the Treaty with Alexander
De corona
On the Crown
De falsa legatione
On the Mishandled Embassy
Adversus Leptinem
Against Leptines
In Midiam
Against Midias
Adversus Androtionem
Against Andriotion
In Aristocratem
Against Aristocrates
In Timocratem
Against Timocrates
In Aristogitonem 1
Against Aristogiton 1
In Aristogitonem 2
Against Aristogiton 2
In Aphobum 1
Against Aphobus 1
In Aphobum 2
Against Aphobus 2
Contra Aphobum
Against Aphobus 3
Contra Onetorem 1
Against Onetor 1
Contra Onetorem 2
Against Onetor 2
Contra Zenothemin
Against Zenothemis
Contra Apatourem
Against Apatourius
Contra Phormionem
Against Phormio
Contra Lacritum
Against Lacritus
Pro Phormione
For Phormio
Contra Pantaenetum
Against Pantaenetus
Contra Nausimachum et Xenopeithea
Against Nausimachus and Xenopeithes
Contra Boeotum 1
Against Boeotus 1
Contra Boeotum 2
Against Boeotus 2
Contra Spudiam
Against Spudias
Contra Phaenippum
Against Phaenippus
Contra Macartatum
Against Macartatus
Contra Leocharem
Against Leochares
In Stephanum 1
Against Stephanus 1
In Stephanum 2
Against Stephanus 2
In Evergum et Mnesibulum
Against Evergus and Mnesibulus
In Olympiodorum
Against Olympiodorus
Contra Timotheum
Against Timotheus
Contra Polyclem
Against Polycles
De corona trierarchiae
On the Trierarchic Crown
Contra Callippum
Apollodorus Against Callippus
Contra Nicostratum
Apollodorus Against Nicostratus
In Cononem
Against Conon
Contra Calliclem
Against Callicles
In Dionysodorum
Against Dionysodorus
Contra Eubulidem
Against Eubulides
In Theocrinem
Against Theocrinis
In Neaeram
Apollodorus Against Neara
Epitaphius
Funeral Oration
Eroticus
The Erotic Essay
Dinarchus
In Demosthenem
Against Demosthenes
In Aristogitonem
Against Aristogiton
In Philoclem
Against Philocles
Diodorus of Sicily
Bibliotheca historica
Historical Library
Euripides
Cyclops
Alcestis
Medea
Heraclidae
The Daughters of Heracles
Hippolytus
Andromachea
Andromache
Hecuba
Supplices
Suppliants
Hercules
Ion
Troiades
Trojan Women
Electra
Iphigenia Taurica
Iphigenia among the Taurians
Helena
Helen
Phoenissae
Phoenician Women
Orestes
Bacchae
Bacchants
Bakkhai
Iphigenia Aulidensis
Iphigenia at Aulis
Rhesus
Epinicium in Alcibiadem
Triumphal Song about Alcibiades
Phaethon
Antiope
Alexander
Hypsipile
Phrixis
Oeneus
Herodotus
Historiae
Histories
Hesiod
Theogonia
Theogony
Opera et dies
Works and Days
Scutum
Shield
Homer
Homerus
Ilias
Iliad
Odyssey
Odyssea
Hyperides
In Demosthenem
Against Demosthenes
Pro Lycophrone
For Lycorphon
Pro Euxenippo
For Euxenippus
In Philippidem
Against Philppides
In Athenogenem
Against Athenogenes
Epitaphius
Funeral Oration
Isaeus
De Cleonymo
On the Estate of Cleomenus
De Menecle
On the Estate of Menecles
De Pyrrho
On the Estate of Pyrrhus
De Nicostrato
On the Estate of Nicostratus
De Dicaeogene
On the Estate of Dicaeogenes
De Philoctemone
On the Estate of Philoctemon
De Apollodoro
On the Estate of Apollodorus
De Cirone
On the Estate of Ciro
De Astyphilo
On the Estate of Astyphilus
De Aristarcho
On the Estate of Aristarchus
De Hagnia
On the Estate of Hagnias
Pro Euphileto
On Behalf of Euphiletus
Isocrates
In Euthynum (orat. 21)
Against Euthynus (speech 21)
In Callimachum (orat. 18)
Against Callimachus (speech 18)
In Lochitem (orat. 20)
Against Lochites (speech 20)
De bigis (orat. 16)
Concerning the Team of Horses (speech 16)
Trapeziticus (orat. 17)
Trapeziticus (speech 17)
Aegineticus (orat. 19)
Aegineticus (speech 19)
Ad Demonicum (orat. 1)
To Demonicus (speech 1)
In sophistas (orat. 13)
Against the Sophists (speech 13)
Helenae encomium (orat. 10)
Encomium of Helen (speech 10)
Busiris (orat. 11)
Busiris (speech 11)
Panegyricus (orat. 4)
Panegyricus (speech 4)
Plataicus (orat. 14)
Plataicus (speech 14)
Ad Nicoclem (orat. 2)
To Nicocles (speech 2)
Nicocles (orat. 3)
Nicocles (speech 3)
Evagoras (orat. 9)
Evagoras (speech 9)
Archidamus (orat. 6)
Archidamus (speech 6)
De pace (orat. 8)
On the Peace (speech 8)
Areopagiticus (orat. 7)
Areopagiticus (speech 7)
Antidosis (orat. 15)
Antidosis (speech 15)
Philippus (orat. 5)
To Philip
Panathenaicus (orat. 12)
Panathenaicus (speech 12)
Ad Dionysium (epist. 1)
To Dionysius (letter 1)
Ad filios Jasonis (epist. 6)
To the Children of Jason (letter 6)
Ad Archidamum (epist. 9)
To Archidamus (letter 9)
Ad reges Mytilenaeos (epist. 8)
To the Rulers of the Mytilenaeans (letter 8)
Ad Timotheum (epist. 7)
To Timotheus (letter 7)
Ad Philippum (epist. 2)
To Philip (letter 2)
Ad Alexandrum (epist. 5)
To Alexander (letter 5)
Ad Antipatrum (epist. 4)
To Antipater (letter 4)
Ad Philippum (epist. 3)
To Philip (letter 3)
Lysias
De caede Eratosthenis
On the Murder of Eratosthenes
Epitaphius
Funeral Oration
Contra Simonem
Against Simon: Defense
Περὶ τραύματος ἐκ προνοίας ὑπὲρ οὖ καὶ πρὸς ὃν ἄδηλον
On a Wound by Premeditation
Pro Callia
For Callias
In Andocidem
Against Andocides
Areopagiticus
Defense in the Matter of the Olive Stump
Accusation of Calumny
Pro milite
For the Soldier
In Theomnestum 1
Against Theomnestus 1
In Theomnestum 2
Against Theomnestus 2
In Eratosthenem
Against Eratosthenes
In Agoratum
Against Agoratus
In Alcibiadem 1
Against Alcibiades 1
In Alcibiadem 2
Against Alcibiades 2
Pro Mantitheos
In Defense of Mantitheus
On the Property of Eraton
On the Property of the Brother of Nicias: Peroration
On the Property of Aristophanes
Pro Polystrato
For Polystratus
Defence against a Charge of Taking Bribes
Against the Corn Dealers
In Pancleonem
Against Pancleon
On the Refusal of a Pension
Defense against a Charge of Subverting the Democracy
On the Scrutiny of Evandros
In Epicratem
Against Epicrates and his Fellow Envoys
In Ergoclem
Against Ergocles
In Philocratem
Against Philocrates
In Nicomachus
Against Nicmacus
In Philonem
Against Philon
In Diogitonem
Against Diogeiton
Olympiacus
Olympic Oration
Against the Subversion of the Ancestral Constitution
Pausanias
Graeciae descriptio
Description of Greece
Pindar
Olympia
Olympian Odes
Pythia
Pythian Odes
Nemea
Nemean Odes
Isthmia
Isthmian Odes
Plato
Euthyphro
Apologia Socratis
Apology of Socrates
Crito
Phaedo
Cratylus
Theaetetus
Sophista
Sophist
Politicus
Statesman
Parmenides
Philebus
Symposium
Phaedrus
Alcibiades i
Alcibiades ii
Hipparchus
Amatores
Lovers
Theages
Charmides
Laches
Lysis
Euthydemus
Protagoras
Gorgias
Meno
Hippias major
The Greater Hippias
Hippias minor
The Lesser Hippias
Ion
Ἴων
Menexenus
Clitophon
Respublica
Republic
Timaeus
Critias
Minos
Leges
Laws
Epinomis
Epistulae
Letters
Definitiones
Definitions
De justo
On Justice
De virtute
On Virtue
Demodocus
Sisyphus
Eryxias
Axiochus
Plutarch
Theseus
Romulus
Comparatio Thesei et Romuli
Comparison of Theseus and Romulus
Solon
Publicola
Comparatio Solonis et Publicolae
Comparison of Solon and Publicola
Themistocles
Camillus
Aristides
Cato Maior
Cato the Elder
Comparatio Aristidis et Catonis
Comparison of Aristides and Cato
Cimon
Lucullus
Comparatio Cimonis et Luculli
Comparison of Cimon and Lucullus
Pericles
Fabius Maximus
Comparatio Periclis et Fabii Maximi
Comparison of Pericles and Fabius Maximus
Nicias
Crassus
Comparatio Niciae et Crassi
Comparison of Nicias and Crassus
Marcius Coriolanus
Alcibiades
Comparatio Alcibiadis et Marcii Coriolani
Comparison of Alcibiades and Marcius Coriolanus
Demosthenes
Cicero
Comparatio Demosthenis et Ciceronis
Comparison of Demosthenes and Cicero
Phocion
Cato Minor
Cato the Younger
Dion
Brutus
Comparatio Dionis et Bruti
Comparison of Dion and Brutus
Aemilius Paullus
Timoleon
Comparatio Aemilii Paulli et Timoleontis
Comparison of Aemilius Paullus and Timoleon
Sertorius
Eumenes
Comparatio Eumenis et Sertorii
Comparison of Eumenes and Sertorius
Philopoemen
Titus Flamininus
Comparatio Philopoemenis et Titi Flaminini
Comparison of Philopoemen and Titus Flamininus
Pelopidas
Marcellus
Comparatio Pelopidae et Marcelli
Comparison of Pelopidas and Marcellus
Alexander
Caesar
Demetrius
Antonius
Comparison of Demetrius and Antony
Comparatio Demetrii et Antonii
Pyrrhus
Marius
Aratus
Artaxerxes
Agis et Cleomenes
Agis and Cleomenes
Tiberius et Gaius Gracchus
Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus
Comparatio Agidis et Cleomenis cum Tiberio et Gaio Graccho
Comparison of Agis and Cleomenes with Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus
Lycurgus
Numa
Comparatio Lycurgi et Numae
Comparison of Lycurgus and Numa
Lysander
Sulla
Comparatio Lysandri et Sullae
Comparison of Lysander and Sulla
Agesilaus
Pompeius
Comparatio Agesilai et Pompeii
Comparison of Agelilaus and Pompeius
Galba
Otho
Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata (172b-208a)
Apophthegmata Laconica (208b-242d)
Mulierum virtutes (242e-263c)
Aetia Romana et Graeca (263d-304f)
Parallela minora (305a-316b)
De fortuna Romana (316c-326c)
De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute (326d-345b)
De gloria Atheniensium (345c-351b)
De Iside et Osiride (351c-384c)
De E apud Delphos (384d-394c)
De Pythiae oraculis (394d-409d)
De defectu oraculorum (409e-438d)
An virtus doceri possit (439a-440c)
De virtute morali (440d-452d)
De cohibenda ira (452f-464d)
De tranquilitate animi (464e-477f)
De fraterno amore (478a-492d)
De amore prolis (493a-497e)
An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficiat (498a-500a)
Animine an corporis affectiones sint peiores (500b-502a)
De garrulitate (502b-515a)
De curiositate (515b-523b)
De cupiditate divitiarum (523c-528b)
De vitioso pudore (528c-536d)
De invidia et odio (536e-538e)
De laude ipsius (539a-547f)
De sera numinis vindica (548a-568a)
De fato (568b-574f)
De genio Socratis (575a-598f)
De exilio (599a-607f)
Consolatio ad uxorem (608a-612b)
Quaestiones convivales (612c-748d)
Amatorius (748e-771e)
Amatoriae narrationes (771e-775e)
Vitae decem oratorum (832b-852e)
Aetia physica (911c-919e)
De facie in orbe lunae (920b-945e)
De primo frigido (945f-955c)
Aquane an ignis sit utilior (955d-958e)
De sollertia animalium (959a-985c)
Bruta animalia ratione uti (985d-992e)
De esu carnium i (993a-996c)
De esu carnium ii (996d-999b)
Platonicae quaestiones (999c-1011e)
De animae procreatione in Timaeo (1012b-1030c)
Epitome libri de animae procreatione in Timaeo (1030d-1032f)
De Stoicorum repugnantiis (1033a-1057b)
Stoicos absurdiora poetis dicere (1057c-1058e)
De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos (1058e-1086b)
Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum (1086c-1107c)
Adversus colotem (1107d-1127e)
De latenter vivendo (1128a-1130e)
De libine et aegritudine
Parsne an facultas animi sit vita passiva
De liberis educandis (1a-14c)
Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat (14d-37b)
De recta raione audiendi (37b-48d)
Quomodo adulator ab amico intrernoscatur (48e-74e)
Quomodo quis suos in virtute sentiat profectus (75a-86a)
De capienda ex inimicis utilitate (86b-92f)
De amicorum multitudine (93a-97b)
De fortuna (97c-100a)
De virtute et vitio (100b-101e)
Consolatio ad Apollonium (101f-122a)
De tuenda sanitate praecepta (122b-137e)
Conjugalia praecepta (138a-146a)
Septem sapientium convivium (146b-164a)
De superstitione (164e-171f)
Maxime cum principibus philosopho esse diserendum (776a-779c)
Ad principem ineruditum (779d-782f)
An seni respublica gerenda sit (783b-797f)
Praecepta gerendae republicae (798a-825f)
De unius in republica dominatione, populari statu, et paucorum imperio
(826a-827c)
De vitando aere alieno (827d-832a)
Comparationis Aristophanis et Menandri compendium (853a-854d)
De Herodoti malignitate (854c-874c)
Παροιμίαι αἷς Ἀλεχανδρεῖς ἐχρῶντο
Ἐκλογὴ περὶ τῶν ἀδυνάτων
De proverrbiis Alexandrinorum
Thucydides
Historiae
History
Xenophon
Hellenica
Memorabilia
Oeconomicus
Symposium
Apologia Socratis
Apology of Socrates
Anabasis
Cyropaedia
The Education of Cyrus
Hiero
Agesilaus
De republica Lacedaemoniorum
On the Constitution of the Spartans
De vectigalibus
On Taxes
Hipparchicus
De re equestri
On Horsemanship
Cynegeticus
On Hunting
Atheniensium respublica
The Constitution of the Athenians
Strabo
Geographica
Geography
Sophocles
Trachiniae
Antigone
Ajax
Oedipus Tyrannus
Oedipus the King
Electra
Philoctetes
Oedipus Coloneus
Oedipus at Colonus
Heron Alexandrinus
Pneumatica
De automatis
Catoptrica
Metrica
Dioptra
Definitiones
Geometrica
Stereometrica
De mensuris
Belopoeica
Χειροβαλλίστρας κατασκευὴ καὶ συμμετρία
Geodaesia
Liber geeponicus
Euclid
Elementa
Elements
Phaenomena
Division of the Canon
Sectio Canonis
Leontius
De sphaerae Arateae constructione
Aristarchus
De magnitudinibus et distantiis solis et lunae
On the sizes and distances of the sun and the moon
Autolycus
De sphaera quae movetur
On a moving sphere
De ortibus et occasibus
On risings and settings
Cleomedes
De motu circulari corporum caelestium
Theodosius
Sphaerica
De habitationibus
De diebus et noctibus
Aristoxenus
Elements of harmony
Nicomachus
Introduction to Arithmetic
Handbook of Harmonics
Cleonides
Introduction to Harmonics
Ptolemy
Almagest
Phaseis
Hypotheses
Commentary on the Handy Tables
De Analemmate
Tetrabiblos
On the criterion
Geography
Harmonics
Musica
Optics
On the planisphere
Theon of Alexandria
Commentary on the Handy Tables
Θέωνος Ἀλεξανδρέως εἰς τοὺς προχείρους κανόνας
Apollonius
Conics
Archimedes
On the sphere and cylinder
De la Sphère et du Cylindre
Measurement of a Circle
La mesure du cercle
On Conoids and Spheroids
On Spirals
Des Spirales
On the Equilibrium of Planes
De l’Équilibre des Figures Plans
The Sand-Reckoner
L'Arénaire
Quadrature of the Parabola
La Quadrature de la Parabole
On Floating Bodies
Des Corps Flottants
Stomachion
The Method of Treating Mechanical Problems
La Méthode
Book of Lemmas
Le Livre des Lemmes
Liber Assumptorum
The Cattle Problem
Le Problème des Boeufs
Problema Bovinum
Hypsicles
Elements of Geometry "Book 14"
On Rising Times
Geminus
Elements of astronomy
Philodemus
On Music
Porphyry
Commentary on Ptolemy's Harmonics
Diophantus
Arithmetic
Aristides Quintilian
On Music
Gaudentius
Introduction to Harmonics
Bacchius
Introduction to Harmonics