02650    a2200265   4500999001900000003000800019005001700027007000300044008004100047020001800088040001700106041000900123050001400132245018400146260004400330300002900374505007400403520168000477650001902157700003902176700003402215942001202249946000902261952011402270  c117006d117006BJBSDDR20230411090821.0ta140922b2022    nyu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781984854308  bspacBJBSDDR  aeng   bG793 202214aThe Greek histories :bthe sweeping history of Ancient Greece as told by its first chroniclers: Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, and Plutarch /cMary R. Lefkowitz;  James S. Romm   aNew York : bThe Modern Library, c2022  a442 p.: bill.; c24 cm   aIntroduction
Herodotus
Thucydides
Xenophon
Plutarch
Appendix
Glossary  a"The historians of Ancient Greece were pioneers of a new literary craft, and their work stands among the most enduring and important legacies of the Western world 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 sweeping portrait of the Hellenic world. The Greek historians were also the first to explore the possibilities of their craft, introducing, at the very dawn of the field, the concept that historical writing is far more than a chronicle of past events. Taken together, the Greek histories draw attention to each author's emphasis on religion, leadership, character, and the lessons to be drawn from war. How, for instance, should readers interpret Herodotus's 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 form of portraiture, a means of depicting the moral qualities of the great? Thucydides and Xenophon were also contemporaries of the eras they wrote about--the original word "historie" meaning "inquiry"--so their work provides a vital eyewitness account of turbulent times"-- Provided by publisher 494925aHistoria1 924819aLefkowitz, Mary R., d1935-1 924821aRomm, James S. d1958-  2lcccBK  idpf   001040708APTaBJBbBJBcAPTd2022-09-14l0oG793 2022p00000164959r2022-09-14 00:00:00t1w2022-09-14yBK