DISCUSSION TOPIC: HERODOTUS AND THUCYDIDES
HERODOTUS
A) Starting Points
Daniel Mendelsohn, "Arms And The Man," New Yorker, 84 (April 28, 2008):
B) Writings
Herodotus' Histories -- The 28 Logoi: Book-by-book summaries and primary text from the famous work.
Outline Of Herodotus: David Silverman's summary of The Histories for a Reed College Humanities course.
On Herodotus' Histories: A short Fall 1999 essay.
Irene Coltman Brown, "Herodotus And The Strength Of Freedom," History Today, 31 (February 1981):
C) Biographical Information
Herodotus Of Halicarnassus: A comprehensive introduction from Jona Lendering.
Herodotus -- Wikipedia: An entry from the on-line encyclopedia.
Herodotus (3): A good biography from Perseus.
THUCYDIDES
A) Writings
History Of The Peloponnesian War: Richard Crawley's translation of Thucydides' famous 431 BC work.
Shifra Sharlin, "Thucydides And The Powell Doctrine," Raritan, 24 (Summer 2004): 12-28.
Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, "What Thucydides Saw," History And Theory, 25 (1986).
Paul Cartledge, "Might And Right: Thucydides And the Melos Massacre," History Today, 36 (May 1986).
Hunter R. Rawlings III, "Past And Present In Herodotus And Thucydides," History And Theory, 23 (1984):
Kenneth J. Dover, "Thucydides 'As History' And 'As Literature,'" History And Theory, 22 (1983):
Thucydides As Science: A short essay by Russell McNeil of Malaspina University.
B) Biographical Information
Thucydides -- Wikipedia: An entry from the on-line encyclopedia.
Thucydides -- Ancient Greece: A very brief biography from a Washington State University history course.
Thucydides -- Crystalinks: Another biographical overview.