{"product_id":"the-portable-greek-historians-isbn-9780140150650","title":"The Portable Greek Historians","description":"Essential passages from the works of four \"fathers of history\"—Herodotus's \u003ci\u003eHistory\u003c\/i\u003e, Thucydides' \u003ci\u003eHistory of the Peloponnesian War\u003c\/i\u003e, Xenophon's \u003ci\u003eAnabasis\u003c\/i\u003e, and Polybius's \u003ci\u003eHistories\u003c\/i\u003e.Introduction\u003cbr\u003eA Brief Reading List\u003cbr\u003eMap\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHERODOTUS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e Book I\u003cbr\u003eLydia\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e Book II\u003cbr\u003eThe Antiquity of Egypt\u003cbr\u003eThe Nile Flood\u003cbr\u003eManners and Customs\u003cbr\u003eOrigins of the Greek Gods\u003cbr\u003eThe Truth about the Trojan War\u003cbr\u003eThe Building of the Pyramids\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e Book VII\u003cbr\u003eThe Persian War after Marathon\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e Book VIII\u003cbr\u003eThe Persian War after Marathon \u003ci\u003e(Continued)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHUCYDIDES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e Book I\u003cbr\u003eThe Beginnings\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e Book II\u003cbr\u003eThe Funeral Oration of Pericles\u003cbr\u003eThe Plague in Athens\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e Book III\u003cbr\u003eThe Mitylenian Debate\u003cbr\u003eSedition in Corcyra\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e Book VI\u003cbr\u003eThe War in Sicily\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e Book VII\u003cbr\u003eThe Sicilian Disaster\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXENOPHON:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Anabasis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e Book I\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e Book II\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e Book III\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e Book IV\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLYBIUS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e Book I\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e Book II\u003cbr\u003eAratus of Sicyon and the Achaean League\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e Book VI\u003cbr\u003eThe Roman Constitution\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eM. I. Finley was a professor of ancient history and master of Darwin College, Cambridge. He died in 1986.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301789356261,"sku":"NP9780140150650","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140150650.jpg?v=1767741008","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-portable-greek-historians-isbn-9780140150650","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}