Features

What you can do with Athenaeum

Every feature below is in the app today, shown in a real screenshot. The atlas, its connections, the Athens journey and the first original reading of every book at no cost.

Twenty classic works in one library

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.

Search books, authors and contents
Continue reading where you stopped
Every book's first reading is free

For iPhone and iPad. Works with iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 or later.

Athenaeum Library with The Republic, Meditations and Leviathan, each showing its reading count and First original reading free — Twenty classic works, each with a free first reading.

The original beside a plain English draft

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.

For iPhone and iPad. Works with iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 or later.

Athenaeum Compare sheet showing a paragraph of The Republic in the original, above its plain English draft labeled Unreviewed plain English draft — The same paragraph, two ways to read it.

A short guide for every 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.

For iPhone and iPad. Works with iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 or later.

Athenaeum reading guide for The Republic with its takeaways and a reflection question — A short guide for every reading.

An atlas of the Greek world

Search 616 places, filter by period and region, and open a place for its timeline, historical names, location evidence and sources.

For iPhone and iPad. Works with iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 or later.

Athenaeum Explore on iPad with the map of the Greek world, place clusters and an illustrated Athens panel — Search and browse 616 sourced places.

Follow a place into a book

The free journey A city of questions starts in Athens, introduces Socrates and leads you into Plato's Republic.

For iPhone and iPad. Works with iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 or later.

Athenaeum journey A city of questions, with the steps Meet Socrates and Ask what justice means — Start in Athens and end in Plato's Republic.

Save passages and read one a day

Long-press a paragraph to highlight, save or share it. Pick a theme and text size, and add the Daily passage widget for one short passage each day.

For iPhone and iPad. Works with iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 or later.

Athenaeum reader showing Meditations in the original text with the Night theme and reading tools — Read in the theme and text size you like.

Athenaeum is coming soon to iPhone and iPad.

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.