Designed for students with little or no background in ancient Greek language, history, and culture, this new abridgement presents those selections that comprise Herodotus' historical narrative. These are meticulously annotated, and supplemented with a chronology of the Archaic Age, Historical Epilogue, glossary of main characters and places, index of proper names, and maps.

• On Justice, Power, and Human Nature: The Essence of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War
• Oresteia
• Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History, 3rd Edition
• The Essential Homer: Selections from the Iliad and the Odyssey
• Iliad