The Greek Histories
From the leading scholars behind The Greek Plays, a collection of the best translations of the foremost early Greek historians, presenting a sweeping history of Ancient Greece by its first chroniclers.
“This astute selection of texts, intelligently and accessibly interconnected and in highly readable translations, is just the thing to remind usat human history, though lamentably a work in progress, is always something we can understand better.” —Sarah Ruden, translator of The Gospels and author of The Face of Water