On the War for Greek Freedom

Autorentext

Samuel Shirley, now retired, has been Classics Exhibitioner of Balliol College, Oxford, Latin Lecturer at Cardiff University, and Headmaster of Waverley Grammar School, Birmingham, England.

Zusammenfassung
Designed for students with little or no background in ancient Greek language, history, and culture, this new abridgment 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.