The Greek Histories: The Sweeping History of Ancient Greece as Told by Its First Chroniclers: Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, and Plutarch Lefkowitz MaryPevná vazba

From the leading scholars behind The Greek Plays, a collection of the best translations of the foremost early Greek historians, presenting a sweeping history of Ancient Greece by its first chroniclers.
The historians of Ancient Greece were pioneers of a new literary craft, and their work stands among the world's most enduring and important legacies and the foundation of a major discipline. This highly readable edition includes key selections from Herodotus--often called the father of history--Thucydides, Xenophon, and Plutarch, whose biographies drew on primary sources since lost to history. It collects their most popular, and most widely taught, work in a single, accessible volume. The stories included here chart the landmark events of Ancient Greece--the Persian War, Peloponnesian War, and the lives of Alexander the Great and Demetrius--and add up to a singular