The Historians of Ancient Greece provides a large collection of extended extracts, with modern translations, from the key historians of ancient Greece in one volume. This volume includes the most famous, characteristic, or otherwise significant passages from, among others, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Diodorus, Arrian, and Plutarch. Augmented by an introduction to Greek historiography, section introductions, notes and commentary, and lists of related sources, the volume will crucially support students of the history and culture of ancient Greece.

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The Historians of Ancient Greece provides a large collection of extended extracts, with modern translations, from the key historians of ancient Greece in one volume. This volume includes the most famous, characteristic, or otherwise significant passages from, among others, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Diodorus, Arrian, and Plutarch. Augmented by an introduction to Greek historiography, section introductions, notes and commentary, and lists of related sources, the volume will crucially support students of the history and culture of ancient Greece.