pt. I. The prose writers, from Herodotus to Plato

Alcibiades ancient Andocides Antiphon argument aristocratic Aristophanes Aristotle assert Athenian Athens Attic prose Blass century character contemporary Critias critics Demosthenes dialect dialogues diction Dionysius discussion doubt dramatic early edition eloquence Euripides Euthydemus Euthyphron evidence extant facts fragments genius genuine Gorgias Greek literature Grote Hecatæus Heracleitus Herodotus Hippocrates historian Ionic dialect Isæus Isocrates later literary Lysias modern moral narrative natural orator oratory perhaps Pericles Persian Phædrus philosophical Plato Plutarch poetry poets political probably Protagoras quoted remarkable Republic rhetoric says scepticism seems Socrates Sophists Sophocles Spartan speak speaker speeches Stesimbrotus style Suidas theory thought Thrasybulus Thucydides Thurii tion writing Xenophon ἂν γὰρ δὲ διὰ ἐκ ἐν ἐπὶ ἐς καὶ μὲν μετὰ οἱ οὐ οὔτε περὶ πρὸς τὰ τε καὶ τῇ τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῖς τὸν τοῦ τοὺς τοῦτο τῷ τῶν ὡς