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.