Digital Alexandria
DIGITAL
ALEXANDRIA
Reading Paths

Curated journeys through the archive

Each path is a sequenced reading list across the reader-grade chapters. Browse the first three stops for free. Plus and Scholar save your progress and let you build your own.

Alexandria in 60 Minutes
new users
  1. 01Introduction to the Human Record[R]
  2. 02The Ancient World as a World of Texts[R]
  3. 03Alexandria as Intellectual Horizon[R]
6 more chapters — unlock with Plus
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Epic and Myth
myth/history lovers
  1. 05Homer[C]
  2. 06Hesiod[C]
  3. 07The Epic Cycle[F][L][T]
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Poetry and Drama
literature users
  1. 11Archaic Lyric Traditions[P][F]
  2. 12Pindar and Choral Poetics[C][P]
  3. 13Aeschylus[P][F]
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History and Power
history users
  1. 19Herodotus[C]
  2. 20Thucydides[C]
  3. 21Xenophon[C][P]
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Philosophy Begins
philosophy users
  1. 27The Presocratics[F][T]
  2. 28Socrates in the Sources[T][R]
  3. 29Plato[C]
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