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Greek: Didactic & Technical
The practical literature of Greece: military manuals of Aeneas Tacticus and Onasander, Aratus’ astronomical poem, Theophrastus’ Characters, and Philostratus’ descriptions of paintings. Every text below is a complete parsing reader: click any word for its lemma, morphology, and full entry from the Liddell-Scott-Jones lexicon.
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- TacticaAelianus Tacticus
- PoliorceticaAeneas Tacticus
- For Incipient CataractsAglaias
- FragmentsAlexander of Ephesus
- Galene: Elegy on TheriacAndromachus of Crete
- Bellermann's Anonymous on MusicAnonymous
- Dyeing of Stones: Emeralds, Lychnites and Hyacinths (Greek Alchemical Corpus)Anonymous
- How Much the Wool, the Komaris and the Dye-Waters Should Weigh (Greek Alchemical Corpus)Anonymous
- Making Molds and Casts from Brontesion (Greek Alchemical Corpus)Anonymous
- On Gilding Iron (Greek Alchemical Corpus)Anonymous
- On Making Cheese Glue (Greek Alchemical Corpus)Anonymous
- On Making Lard Soap (Greek Alchemical Corpus)Anonymous
- On Orichalcum (Greek Alchemical Corpus)Anonymous
- On Pearls (Greek Alchemical Corpus)Anonymous
- On the Most Precious and Renowned Goldsmithing (Greek Alchemical Corpus)Anonymous
- On the Tempering of Iron (Greek Alchemical Corpus)Anonymous
- On Twitchings, from Head to FeetAnonymous
- Paraphrase of Oppian's HalieuticaAnonymous
- The Making of Crystals (Greek Alchemical Corpus)Anonymous
- The Making of Lye (Greek Alchemical Corpus)Anonymous
- The Tempering of Indian Iron (Greek Alchemical Corpus)Anonymous
- Paraphrase of Dionysius' IxeuticaAnonymous
- PoliorceticaApollodorus of Damascus
- PhaenomenaAratus Solensis
- FragmentsAratus Solensis
- On the Divine ArtPseudo-Archelaus (philosopher)
- Hedypatheia (Fragments)Archestratus of Gela
- On MusicAristides Quintilianus
- Elements of Rhythm, Book I (Fragments)Aristoxenus
- Elements of Rhythm, Book IIAristoxenus
- Elements of HarmonicsAristoxenus
- Fragmentum ParisinumAristoxenus (attributed)
- Rhythmic Fragment (P.Oxy. 9)Aristoxenus (attributed)
- Interpretation of DreamsArtemidorus of Daldis
- TacticaAsclepiodotus
- On MachinesAthenaeus Mechanicus
- Construction of War Engines and CatapultsBiton
- DescriptionesCallistratus
- Mensurae Marmorum ac LignorumDidymus (metrologist)
- Lithiaca (Fragment)Dionysius Periegetes
- FragmentDiophilus (or Diophila)
- SphaeraPseudo-Empedocles
- Paraphrase of Nicander's AlexipharmacaEutecnius
- Paraphrase of Nicander's TheriacaEutecnius
- Paraphrase of Oppian's CynegeticaEutecnius
- FragmentsHeliodorus (tragic poet)
- To Theodosius the Great, on the Divine ArtHeliodorus the Alchemist (attributed)
- BelopoeicaHero of Alexandria
- CheiroballistraHero of Alexandria (attributed)
- Works and DaysHesiod
- On the Divine and Sacred ArtHierotheus (alchemical poet) (attributed)
- Cesti (Fragments)Julius Africanus
- On FishMarcellus of Side
- StrategikonMaurice (attributed)
- On InceptionsMaximus (astrologer)
- On Inceptions (Prose Paraphrase)Maximus (astrologer)
- Divination from Moles (to King Ptolemy)Pseudo-Melampus
- Divination from Twitchings (to King Ptolemy)Pseudo-Melampus
- What Twitchings Signify in Each Part of the BodyPseudo-Melampus
- Marriage PreceptsNaumachius
- AlexipharmacaNicander of Colophon
- FragmentsNicander of Colophon
- TheriacaNicander of Colophon
- FragmentsNumenius of Heraclea
- StrategicusOnasander
- Lithika KerygmataOrphica
- Orphic LithicaOrphica
- FragmentsPancrates of Arcadia
- BelopoeicaPhilo of Byzantium
- Preparations and SiegecraftPhilo of Byzantium
- ImaginesPhilostratus Minor
- ImaginesPhilostratus Sophista
- De GymnasticaPhilostratus the Athenian
- Epistulae et dialexeisPhilostratus the Athenian
- HeroicusPhilostratus the Athenian
- NeroPhilostratus the Athenian
- SentencesPseudo-Phocylides
- Excerpta PolyaeniPolyaenus
- StratagemsPolyaenus
- Canon (Fragments)Polyclitus
- TestimoniaPolyclitus
- Commentary on Ptolemy's HarmonicsPorphyry
- Fragments and TestimoniaSimon of Athens
- On the Form and Selection of HorsesSimon of Athens
- On the Divine ArtPseudo-Theophrastus
- On the Making of BeerZosimus of Panopolis (attributed)