Need help choosing Greek/Roman authors

[Mudhammam]

You should go back and reread the thread from the beginning.

I've been meaning to!

Here is my post recommending something for that, with added bold for the relevant part:

I recommend getting an old copy of The Stoic and Epicurean Philosophers: The Complete Extant Writings of Epicurus, Epicetus, Lucretius, Marcus Aurelius edited by Whitney J. Oates. You can buy this from web sites that sell used books, and it can be currently had from Amazon for about $22 including shipping, though you may be able to find it cheaper elsewhere. It contains a very good translation of Epicurus' works, which I highly recommend to everyone.

For one of your books on Aristotle, I recommend The Nicomachean Ethics translated by W.D. Ross, put out by Oxford. You can currently buy a paperback of that from Amazon for about $7.

For Plato, I would go with the Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo, which you can get all together in a Dover Thrift Edition for about $3. They call this The Trial and Death of Socrates, and it is the Benjamin Jowett translation. Jowett is one of the most poetic translators of Plato, and is well-suited for a work like the Apology.

You can also find most of these works online, for free.

I have not filled your list, but it should get you started.

Good looks. I will definitely order that Whitney Oates text once I get through Aristotle...speaking of which, I recently picked up The Basic Works of Aristotle, a massive volume (1,500+ pages) that I will probably begin next week. I ran to my shelf and VOILA! Looks like I lucked out: