The Greek Histories: The Sweeping History of Ancient Greece as Told by Its First Chroniclers: Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, and Plutarch free ebook download.

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Author(s):	Mary Lefkowitz

Date:	2021	Format:	epub	Language:	English	ISBN/ASIN:	1984854305
Pages:	480	OCR:		Quality:		ISBN13:
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From the leading scholars behind The Greek Plays, a collection of the best translations of the foremost Greek historians, presenting a sweeping history of ancient Greece as recorded by its first chroniclers

Just the thing to remind us that human history, though lamentably a work in progress, is always something we can understand better.Sarah Ruden, translator of and author of

The historians of ancient Greece were pioneers of a new literary craft  their work stands among the worlds most enduring and important legacies and forms the foundation of a major modern discipline. This highly readable edition includes new and newly revised translations of selections from Herodotusoften called the father of historyThucydides, Xenophon, and Plutarch, the four greatest Greek innovators of historical narrative. Here the reader will find their most important, and most widely taught, passages collected in a single volume. The excerpts chart the landmark events of ancient Greece and provide a comprehensive account of the entire classical Greek age.

From the start the Greek historians demonstrated how broad and varied historical writing could be and brought their craft beyond a mere chronicle of past events. This volume explores each authors interest in religion, leadership, character, and the lessons of war. How, for instance, should readers interpret Herodotus inclusion of speeches and dialogues, dreams, and oracles as part of the factual record? What did Thucydides understand about human nature that (as he said) stays constant throughout time? How did Plutarch frame historical biography as a means of depicting the moral qualities of great men?

Complete with introductions to the works of each historian, footnotes providing context and explaining obscurities, maps, and an appendix on the Greek conduct of war, this volume is an invaluable resource for students and passionate readers of history alike.
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