The History of Ancient Greece: 20 Essential Books
Epic, War, Democracy, Myth, and Civic Life in the Classical Greek WorldBy Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Arrian, Strabo, Plutarch, John Bagnell Bury, George Grote, Homer, Andrew Lang, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, E. Norman Gardiner, James Sir Donaldson, F. A. Wright, Alfred William Benn, H. A. Guerber, Albert Augustus Trever, Basil Edward Hammond, Ernest Arthur Gardner, E. M. Berens
Length655h 55m
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The History of Ancient Greece: 20 Essential Books assembles a capacious library of Greek antiquity, joining epic, inquiry, political narrative, geography, biography, mythography, and modern historical interpretation. Its range extends from the imaginative horizons of heroic legend to the contested evidence of war, civic life, athletic culture, and imperial expansion. Foundational accounts of the Persian and Peloponnesian conflicts stand beside reflections on Alexander's world, ancient customs, and the enduring symbolic power of Greece. The volume thus situates classical literature within the later scholarly traditions that made "ancient Greece" a central subject of modern historical thought. Its contributors encompass ancient witnesses and influential modern classicists, historians, translators, educators, and popularizers. Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Arrian, Strabo, Plutarch, and Homer provide divergent ancient modes of remembering the past; Bury, Grote, Lang, Gardiner, Donaldson, Wright, Benn, Guerber, Trever, Hammond, Gardner, and Berens extend their reception through nineteenth- and early twentieth-century scholarship. Together, these voices illuminate the development of classical studies, Victorian Hellenism, and the evolving methods used to interpret Greek civilization. Recommended for students and general readers alike, this anthology offers an exceptional opportunity to compare primary testimony with later explanation. Its breadth encourages critical reading, revealing how myth, evidence, and interpretation continually reshape Greece's historical legacy.
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GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length655 hrs 55 mins
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Publish dateAug 1, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1A Young Macedonian in the Army of Alexander the Great (Annotated)
2The Histories
3Preface
4The Second Book of the Histories, called Euterpe (pt. 1)
5The Second Book of the Histories, called Euterpe (pt. 2)
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6The Third Book of the Histories, called Thaleia (pt. 1)
7The Third Book of the Histories, called Thaleia (pt. 2)
8The Fourth Book of the Histories, called Melpomene (pt. 1)
9The Fourth Book of the Histories, called Melpomene (pt. 2)
10The Fifth Book of the Histories, called Terpsichore
11The Sixth Book of the Histories, called Erato (pt. 1)
12The Sixth Book of the Histories, called Erato (pt. 2)
13The Seventh Book of the Histories, called Polymnia (pt. 1)
14The Seventh Book of the Histories, called Polymnia (pt. 2)
15The Eighth Book of the Histories, called Urania (pt. 1)
16The Eighth Book of the Histories, called Urania (pt. 2)
17The Ninth Book of the Histories, called Calliope
18The History of the Peloponnesian War
19The First Book. (pt. 1)
20The First Book. (pt. 2)
21The First Book. (pt. 3)
22The First Book. (pt. 4)
23The First Book. (pt. 5)
24The First Book. (pt. 6)
25The First Book. (pt. 7)
26The First Book. (pt. 8)
27The First Book. (pt. 9)
28Hellenica: The History of the Peloponnesian War and Its Aftermath
29BOOK I
30BOOK II
31BOOK III
32BOOK IV
33BOOK V
34BOOK VI
35BOOK VII
36Anabasis: The March of the Ten Thousand
37BOOK I
38BOOK II
39BOOK III
40BOOK IV
41BOOK V
42BOOK VI
43BOOK VII
44The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great
45PREFACE.
46ARRIAN'S PREFACE.
47BOOK II.
48BOOK III.
49BOOK IV.
50BOOK V.
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