Works

Every work of the authors in the library’s orbit, in the reader or not: who wrote it, when, how it survives, where it can be read, and how it connects to other works. 82 so far. Where a field has not been checked against its source, it says so.

Checked on 2026-10-31

Table and records Streams

TraditionAll (7)The Quran (0)Ibn ʿArabī (0)Sufism (0)Philosophy (0)Ismaili thought (0)Greek sources (7)Further afield (0)Arabic grammar (0)Other (0)

GenreAll (7)Scripture and exegesis (0)Ḥadīth and the Prophet's life (0)Law (0)Creed and kalām (0)Metaphysics and cosmology (0)Sciences of letters and names (0)Counsel and governance (6)The path (0)Lives and lineages (0)Prayer and litany (0)Lyric (0)Language and grammar (0)Other, or not yet classed (1)

FormAll (7)Prose (7)Verse (0)Prose with verse (0)Diagrams (0)

LanguageAll (7)Arabic (0)Persian (0)Greek (7)Syriac (0)Ottoman Turkish (0)Chinese (0)Latin (0)Hebrew (0)Other (0)

PeriodAll (82)Archaic and classical Greek (7)Hellenistic (0)Roman imperial (4)Late antique (4)2nd century AH (5)3rd century AH (6)4th century AH (6)5th century AH (8)6th century AH (12)7th century AH (16)8th century AH (4)9th century AH (4)10th century AH (3)11th century AH (2)13th century AH (1)

In the readerAll (7)In the reader (1)Planned (0)Listed only (6)

7 of 82 works.

Works, sortable by column
Title ▲	Author	Genre	Period	Language	Status
Cyropaedia (Education of Cyrus); HieroΚύρου παιδεία; Ἱέρων	Xenophon	Counsel and governance	Archaic and classical Greek	Greek	Listed only
LawsΝόμοι	Plato	Counsel and governance	Archaic and classical Greek	Greek	Listed only
Phaedrus (chariot myth, 246a-254e)Φαῖδρος	Plato	Other, or not yet classed	Archaic and classical Greek	Greek	Listed only
RepublicΠολιτεία	Plato	Counsel and governance	Archaic and classical Greek	Greek	In the reader
Politics; (pseudo-)EconomicsΠολιτικά; Οἰκονομικά (pseudo)	Aristotle	Counsel and governance	Archaic and classical Greek	Greek	Listed only
StatesmanΠολιτικός	Plato	Counsel and governance	Archaic and classical Greek	Greek	Listed only
To Nicocles; Nicocles (or the Cyprians); EvagorasΠρὸς Νικοκλέα / Νικοκλῆς / Εὐαγόρας	Isocrates	Counsel and governance	Archaic and classical Greek	Greek	Listed only

Records

Cyropaedia (Education of Cyrus); Hiero

Κύρου παιδεία; Ἱέρων

Kyrou paideia; Hierōn

Xenophon (c. 430–354 BCE)

Greek sources · Counsel and governance · Greek · Archaic and classical Greek · Listed only

Cyrus as ideal ruler produced by education and by command through willing obedience (the household as a model of the empire);

Attribution

authentic not yet checked

Date

c. 360-350 BCE, Athens/Scillus (basis: date of composition) not yet checked

Editions

Marchant (OCT, 1910-20) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Translations

Henry Dakyns (free); Wayne Ambler (Cornell); Loeb (Miller; Marchant and Todd) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Not in the reader yet

Connected works

Resonance, not influence: To Nicocles; Nicocles (or the Cyprians); Evagoras The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked

Laws

Νόμοι

Nomoi

Plato (c. 428–348 BCE)

Greek sources · Counsel and governance · Greek · Archaic and classical Greek · Listed only

Plato's last and longest dialogue: the laws of a second-best city, with a preamble to each law.

Attribution

authentic not yet checked

Date

c. 350 BCE, unfinished at his death (draft), Athens (basis: date of composition) not yet checked

Editions

J. Burnet (ed.), Platonis Opera, Oxford Classical Texts · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Not in the reader yet

Phaedrus (chariot myth, 246a-254e)

Φαῖδρος

Phaidros

Plato (c. 428–348 BCE)

Greek sources · Other, or not yet classed · Greek · Archaic and classical Greek · Listed only

The soul as a winged charioteer driving two horses, one noble and one unruly: self-rule as the control of the divided soul, with eros as the wing.

Attribution

authentic not yet checked

Date

c. 370 BCE, Athens (basis: date of composition) not yet checked

Editions

OCT (Burnet 1901) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Translations

Jowett (free); Nehamas and Woodruff (Hackett 1995) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Not in the reader yet

Connected works

Resonance, not influence: Republic The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked

Republic

Πολιτεία

Politeia

Plato (c. 428–348 BCE)

Greek sources · Counsel and governance · Greek · Archaic and classical Greek · In the reader

The city as the soul written large, and the philosopher fit to rule because reason governs. No full Arabic translation is attested; SEP records one translated passage (VI 506d–509b).

Attribution

authentic checked in This site: app/src/lib/catalogue.ts (texts in the reader)

Date

c. 375 BCE (draft; unchecked), Athens (basis: date of composition) not yet checked

Editions

B. Jowett, The Republic (1892), as shown alongside the Greek in the reader · public domain checked in This site: app/src/lib/catalogue.ts (texts in the reader)
J. Burnet, Oxford Classical Texts (1902); S. R. Slings OCT (2003) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Translations

Jowett (1892) · en · public domain checked in This site: app/src/lib/catalogue.ts (texts in the reader)

Read it herePartial: the reader holds Books VI–VII (the Sun, the Line and the Cave) only.

Politics; (pseudo-)Economics

Πολιτικά; Οἰκονομικά (pseudo)

Politika; Oikonomika

Aristotle (384–322 BCE)

Greek sources · Counsel and governance · Greek · Archaic and classical Greek · Listed only

Man is a political animal;

Attribution

authentic not yet checked

Date

Politics c. 330s BCE, Athens (basis: date of composition) not yet checked

Editions

Ross (OCT 1957) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Translations

Reeve (Hackett); Barker (Oxford); Jowett (free) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Not in the reader yet

Connected works

Resonance, not influence: Republic The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked

Statesman

Πολιτικός

Politikos

Plato (c. 428–348 BCE)

Greek sources · Counsel and governance · Greek · Archaic and classical Greek · Listed only

A dialogue on the statesman's art of ruling, comparing the ruler to a weaver of the city.

Attribution

authentic not yet checked

Date

c. 360 BCE (draft), Athens (basis: date of composition) not yet checked

Editions

J. Burnet (ed.), Platonis Opera, Oxford Classical Texts · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Not in the reader yet

To Nicocles; Nicocles (or the Cyprians); Evagoras

Πρὸς Νικοκλέα / Νικοκλῆς / Εὐαγόρας

Pros Nikoklea; Nikokles; Euagoras

Isocrates (436–338 BCE)

Greek sources · Counsel and governance · Greek · Archaic and classical Greek · Listed only

A young king should govern himself first, hold power as a trust, and choose advisers who speak freely;

Attribution

authentic not yet checked

Date

c. 374-365 BCE, Athens, for Cyprian Salamis (basis: date of composition) not yet checked

Editions

Mandilaras (Teubner 1980); Mathieu-Brémond (Budé) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Translations

G. Norlin (Loeb 1928) and La Rue Van Hook (Loeb); David Mirhady and Yun Lee Too (Univ. Texas Press 2000) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

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