
The Portable Greek Historians
The Essence of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius
M. I. Finley(Editor)
Penguin Random House Australia (Publisher)
Published on 29. September 1977
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Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-0-14-015065-0 (ISBN)
Description
Essential passages from the works of four "fathers of history"-Herodotus's History, Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, Xenophon's Anabasis, and Polybius's Histories.
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English
Place of publication
Hawthorn
Australia
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
336 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-015065-0 (9780140150650)
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Content
Introduction
A Brief Reading List
Map
A Brief Reading List
Map
HERODOTUS
From Book I
Lydia
From Book II
The Antiquity of Egypt
The Nile Flood
Manners and Customs
Origins of the Greek Gods
The Truth about the Trojan War
The Building of the Pyramids
From Book VII
The Persian War after Marathon
From Book VIII
The Persian War after Marathon (Continued)
THUCYDIDES
From Book I
The Beginnings
From Book II
The Funeral Oration of Pericles
The Plague in Athens
From Book III
The Mitylenian Debate
Sedition in Corcyra
From Book VI
The War in Sicily
From Book VII
The Sicilian Disaster
XENOPHON: The Anabasis
From Book I
From Book II
From Book III
From Book IV
POLYBIUS
From Book I
Introduction
From Book II
Aratus of Sicyon and the Achaean League
From Book VI
The Roman Constitution