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The Portable Greek Historians

M. I. Finley · 1959

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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.

First sentence: HALICARNASSUS in Asia Minor, where Herodotus was born and reared, was a Greek settlement ruled by a Carian dynasty under the higher suzerainty of the Persian king.

Book details

Year
1959
Language
English
Publisher
Penguin USA, Inc.
Editions
9
ISBN
9781101121801

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