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Best Greek History Book For Christmas Gift? 2016-12-22 05:14:10 Post No. 2125973
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I am looking to buy my father a book on Greek history and I don't know where to start. He's a layman but recently he's been really into the history. Also he reads a lot and is an academic so length or difficulty is not really an issue, but I'd prefer something relatively entry level and something either that is all encompassing about ancient to medieval Greek culture or something that is particular but would be interesting to a first timer.
Cheers.
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>>2125973
Get him a copy of the David Grene translation of Herodotus. It's great fun and very readable.
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>>2125973
nabbed this off lit
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>>2126082
First time i'm seeing this.
It's actually a pretty good intro for the Greeks.
Good post anon, well done.
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>>2126041
Thanks I got him this!
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>>2126082
He's read most of the plays up until Herodotus so I just got him that. Cheers! Might add in Thucydides too.
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>>2126082
read the text at the bottom
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