The second of three books by the famous Swiss scientist A. Bonnard, dedicated to the great cultural heritage of mankind - Greek civilization. The reader will become acquainted with the tragedies of Sophocles, the Greek geographer and historian Herodotus, the remarkable ancient physician Hippocrates, and Greek plastic arts. Vivid literary portraits contain chapters on the comedies of Aristophanes, the “lord of the poets” Pindar, and the famous philosopher Socrates.