Link: Hard Core Classics List

This is a link to a site that links to a large selection of what I call Hard Core Classics, these are some of the oldest of the classical works given to the public.

http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/index.html


Greco-Roman Authors
Aeschines
Wrote in Greek
390-314 B.C.E.

Aeschylus
Wrote in Greek
525-456 B.C.E.

Aesop
Wrote in Greek
6th century B.C.E.

Andocides
Wrote in Greek
440-391 B.C.E.

Antiphon
Wrote in Greek
480-411 B.C.E.

Apollodorus
Wrote in Greek
140 B.C.E.

Apollonius
Wrote in Greek
ca. 295 B.C.E.

Apuleius
Wrote in Latin
124 A.C.E.-ca. 170 A.C.E.

Aristophanes
Wrote in Greek
450-388 B.C.E.

Aristotle
Wrote in Greek
384-322 B.C.E.

Marcus Aurelius
Wrote in Latin
121-180 A.C.E.

Augustus
Wrote in Latin
63 B.C.E.-14 A.C.E.

Bacchylides
Wrote in Greek
5th century B.C.E.

Julius Caesar
Wrote in Latin
100-44 B.C.E.

Cicero
Wrote in Latin
106-43 B.C.E.

Demades
Wrote in Greek
380-319 B.C.E.

Demosthenes
Wrote in Greek
384-322 B.C.E.

Dinarchus
Wrote in Greek
360-292 B.C.E.

Diodorus
Wrote in Greek
1st century B.C.E.

Epictetus
Wrote in Greek
55-105 A.C.E.

Epicurus
Wrote in Greek
341-270 B.C.E.

Euclid
Wrote in Greek
ca. 300 B.C.E.

Euripides
Wrote in Greek
484-406 B.C.E.

Galen
Wrote in Greek
129-216 A.C.E.

Herodotus
Wrote in Greek
484-430 B.C.E.

Hesiod
Wrote in Greek
700 B.C.E.

Hippocrates
Wrote in Greek
460-377 B.C.E.

Hirtius
Wrote in Latin
90-43 B.C.E.

Homer
Wrote in Greek
800 B.C.E.

Horace
Wrote in Latin
65-8 B.C.E.

Hyperides
Wrote in Greek
390-322 B.C.E.

Isaeus
Wrote in Greek
420-350 B.C.E.

Isocrates
Wrote in Greek
436-338 B.C.E.

Josephus
Wrote in Greek
37-100 A.C.E.

Livy
Wrote in Latin
59 B.C.E.-17 A.C.E.

Lucan
Wrote in Latin
39-65 A.C.E.

Lucretius
Wrote in Latin
1st century B.C.E.

Lycurgus
Wrote in Greek
390-324 B.C.E.

Lysias
Wrote in Greek
445-380 B.C.E.

Ovid
Wrote in Latin
43 B.C.E.-17 A.C.E.

Pausanias
Wrote in Greek
143-176 A.C.E.

Pindar
Wrote in Greek
518-438 B.C.E.

Plato
Wrote in Greek
428-348 B.C.E.

Plotinus
Wrote in Greek
205-270 A.C.E.

Plutarch
Wrote in Greek
46-119 A.C.E.

Porphyry
Wrote in Greek
234-305 A.C.E.

Quintus
Wrote in Greek
ca. 375 A.C.E.

Sophocles
Wrote in Greek
496-406 B.C.E.

Strabo
Wrote in Greek
64 B.C.E.-23 A.C.E.

Tacitus
Wrote in Latin
56-120 A.C.E.

Thucydides
Wrote in Greek
460-404 B.C.E.

Virgil
Wrote in Latin
70-19 B.C.E.

Xenophon
Wrote in Greek
431-349 B.C.E.


Other Authors
Confucius
Wrote in Chinese
551-479 B.C.E.

Lao-tzu
Wrote in Chinese
6th century B.C.E.

Sun Tzu
Wrote in Chinese
4th century B.C.E.

Ferdowsi
Wrote in Persian
935-1020 A.C.E.

Omar Khayyam
Wrote in Persian
1048-1141 A.C.E.

Sa'di
Wrote in Persian
1213-1291 A.C.E.

Just a bit of candy for the old brain box, enjoy