Essential selections from Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, and Plutarch on war, leadership, and the classical Greek age.
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Essential selections from Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, and Plutarch on war, leadership, and the classical Greek age.
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From the leading scholars behind The Greek Plays , a collection of the best translations of the foremost Greek historians, presenting a sweeping history of ancient Greece as recorded by its first chroniclers “Just the thing to remind us that 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 The historians of ancient Greece were pioneers of a new literary craft; their work stan...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Brief historical mentions of marriage, desire, and sexual politics
Violence & gore
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Detailed battle, siege, and massacre accounts from major Greek wars
Profanity
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No profanity; formal translated classical prose
Substance use
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Occasional wine and drinking in Greek social and military life
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Passing historical references to same-sex relations in ancient Greece
Religious content
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Gods, oracles, dreams, and rites frame many historical events
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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Oracles and divination as ancient religious historical practice
Political content
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Power, democracy, leadership, and interstate conflict are central
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Slavery, conquest, and wartime cruelty in historical accounts
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