The Portable Greek Historians

The Essence of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius
Herausgeber: Finley, M I

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 1977
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 130mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9780140150650
• ISBN-10: 014015065X
• Artikelnr.: 22002031

Autorenporträt

M. I. Finley was a professor of ancient history and master of Darwin College, Cambridge. He died in 1986.

Inhaltsangabe

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