Athenaeum
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Athenaeum puts 20 public-domain classics, from Plato's Republic to Common Sense, beside a sourced atlas of 616 ancient places. Read the original text or switch to a plain English draft that's clearly labeled unreviewed.
Coming to the App Store
See the appThe atlas, its connections, the Athens journey and the first original reading of every book at no cost.
For iPhone and iPad. Works with iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 or later.
Real screens from the Athenaeum app.
Meditations, The Republic, Leviathan, The Wealth of Nations, Utopia and 15 more, split into 1,359 short readings. Each original names its public-domain edition and translator.
Switch a reading between the original and a plain English draft, or compare the same paragraph both ways. Every draft is labeled unreviewed, so you always know which text you're reading.
Each reading has a guide with its context, an explanation, the main takeaways and a question to reflect on. Open it from the reader without losing your place.
From download to done in three steps.
Start with the free first reading of any of the 20 works, or begin in Athens on the atlas.
Read the original, switch to the plain English draft or compare a paragraph both ways.
Highlight and save passages, and pick up where you stopped on your iPhone or iPad.
Athenaeum is free to download. Athenaeum Membership is optional.
Free
Athenaeum Membership
Includes a one-week free trial for eligible accounts. The App Store shows the price for your country.
Yes. The atlas, its connections, the Athens journey, the Daily passage widget and the first original reading of every book are free. Athenaeum Membership adds the rest, monthly or yearly, with a one-week free trial for eligible accounts. The App Store shows the price for your country.
No. Each one is a draft labeled Unreviewed plain English draft. The original text is always one tap away, and Compare shows the same paragraph both ways.
Each original is a named public-domain edition, shown with its translator and year, such as the Meric Casaubon translation of Meditations from 1634.
No. Athenaeum has no account, ads or tracking. Your reading data stays on your device and syncs through your private iCloud account when iCloud is on.
Yes. Every book, draft and guide comes with the app, so you can read without a connection.
Read 20 classic works, from Plato's Republic to Leviathan, in the original or a plain English draft. Explore 616 places of the Greek world.
Coming to the App Store
The atlas, its connections, the Athens journey and the first original reading of every book at no cost.
For iPhone and iPad. Works with iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 or later.