The Portable Greek Historians
The Essence of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius
Published on 29. September 1977
512 pages
978-1-101-12764-3 (ISBN)
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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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M. I. Finley was a professor of ancient history and master of Darwin College, Cambridge. He died in 1986.
Content
Introduction
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
