The Portable Greek Historians: The Essence of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius (Viking Portable Library) Paperback – September 29, 1977

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well put togetherunderstandableand will hold ones interestwould recormend to buyand it is a history primer any student would appreciate

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A collection of excerpts from Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon and Polybius. The selection takes us from the history of the Pelopenessian war, through the attempted Athenian conquest of Sicily, the Persian civil wars and up to the Roman conquest. The narration and commentary by M.I. Finley is probably a bit too brief for the reader not familiar with the Greeks, and yest is probably not necessary for the true scholar. The translations are easy to digest and written in very approachable English. All in all, the book is 500+ pages of Greek history by four great writers, but the set up and the commentary are too sparse to make it a great read for the non-scholar.

Enjoyed it immensel. Very well done.

I got this book for a class I am taking. It's a good book, fascinating for those who like ancient Greek and Roman history, but it can be hard to get through at times.

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