Book description
With fresh, new translations and extensive introductions and
annotations, this sourcebook provides an inclusive and integrated view
of Greek history, from Homer to Alexander the Great.
- New translations of original sources are contextualized by
insightful introductions and annotations
- Includes a range of literary, artistic and material evidence from
the Homeric, Archaic and Classical Ages
- Focuses on important developments as well as specific themes to
create an integrated perspective on the period
- Links the political and social history of the Greeks to their
intellectual accomplishments
- Includes an up-to-date bibliography of seminal scholarship
- An accompanying website offers additional evidence and
explanations, as well as links to useful online resources
Joseph Roisman
is Professor of Classics at Colby College. He has authored and edited
several books, among them Brill's
Companion to Alexander the Great
(2003) and
The Rhetoric of Manhood: Masculinity in the Attic Orators
(2005).
J. C. Yardley
is Emeritus Professor of Classics at the University of Ottawa. He has
published extensively on Greek and Roman history and sources. His books
include
Alexander the Great: Historical Sources in Translation
(ed. with Waldemar Heckel, Blackwell, 2004) and many translations of
key texts, from Tacitus and Justin to Livy and Quintus Curtius Rufus.
