NYSL: Robert B. Strassler on "The Landmark Herodotus and the Landmark Xenophon"

http://www.nysoclib.org/notes/2009/landmark_herodotus.html

The Landmark editions of Thucydides and Herodotus have become the new standard for elegant and accessible editions of classical works. To this monumental work, editor Robert B. Strassler now adds Xenophon's Hellenika, the major primary source for the events of the final seven years and aftermath of the Peloponnesian War, completing an ancient narrative of the military and political history of classical Greece.In this event, Mr. Strassler will introduce both Herodotus and Xenophon and show their pleasure for the reader, as well as their importance to the study of the ancient world.

This event was recorded at the New York Society Library on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 6:30 PM.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• landmark herodotus
• landmark xenophon
• Robert B. Strassler
• New York Society Library
• 2009
• November
• book

[gwbled]

Wonderful lectures, this series is a must have! Thanks for sharing the lecture, it makes the books even better!

[hassanmurtazashah]

Actually i agree with ThoughtTraveler. I enjoyed both books.

[ThoughtTraveler]

The Landmark editions of Thucydides and Herodotus truely are the superior Editions for serious students of Ancient History.

My Modern Library editions of both Thucydides and Herodotus are nice but do not have the notes, commentary and maps that the Landmark series has throughout the text.

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Also, thank you for posting this lecture. I live in an intellectual backwater and hearing lectures like this keep my brain from atrophying.