An introduction to the thought and background of the Greek historian Thucydides, this book examines his account of the great war between Athens and Sparta in the context both of…

In contrast to Plato and Aristotle, who rigorously adapt their conceptions of virtue to their philosophical theories, Xenophon combines the analysis of a Socratic with the historical grounding of a…

This book resituates the Histories' battle narratives within the context of Herodotus's participation in the mid-fifth-century culture of wisdom performance, arguing that the Salamis and Plataea narratives reflect the biases…

The Sportsman: On Hunting, a Sportsman's Manual, Commonly Called Cynegeticus, a classical book, was published more than a century ago and has been considered important throughout the human history, and…

Thucydides has been found guilty of indifference toward financial matters without a consideration of all the evidence. Lisa Kallet-Marx redirects the approach to Thucydides' treatment of financial resources by studying…

Describes how a small and quarrelsome band of Greek city states united to repel the might of the Persian empire. Frequently giving rise to colorful digressions, this book blends fact…

This is the first systematic attempt to compare Herodotus and Thucydides as contemporaries, that is, as pre- Socratic thinkers who employed rather similar concepts and intellectual tools and who worked…

Reprinted by arrangement with Oxford University Press, this reader includes selected excerpts from Aesop to Plato, supported by introductions, notes, vocabulary, and an index of proper names.