OWC Reader Vol. 3, The Histories, paperback cover

The Histories

Herodotus, Thucydides and Xenophon

THE HISTORIES READER includes the most famous works of the Greek historians Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon. It is designed to complement Greeks: The Histories , a unit in the Old Western Culture curriculum, and includes all the assigned readings in one volume.

632 pages · 6 × 9 in. · single-column, beautifully typeset

Pairs withGreeks: The HistoriesThe video course, 12 lectures · from $74.75
The course
You’re buyingOWC Reader Vol. 3 · The HistoriesPaperback, with the eBook
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The eBook is read in the Roman Roads app. If you own the course, you already have it.

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All sixteen volumes: the complete set, paperback $512 or hardback $720

Contents

What is in this volume

  • HerodotusThe Histories
  • ThucydidesThe History of the Peloponnesian War
  • XenophonAnabasis (The Persian Expedition)

Everything assigned in Greeks: The Histories, with the book and line references the lectures use.

Publishing information

The Histories, Old Western Culture Reader Vol. 3

  • Pages632
  • Dimensions6 × 9 in.
  • Paperback ISBN978-1-944482-21-3
  • Hardback ISBN978-1-944482-33-6 · casebound
  • EditorsGeorge Callihan, E. Gunn Wilson
  • Series editorDaniel Foucachon
  • PublisherRoman Roads Press, Moscow, Idaho
The series

Sixteen volumes, Homer to Tolkien

The Old Western Culture Reader Series puts the great books of Western civilization in beautifully typeset, single-column volumes, one for each unit of the curriculum. Each stands on its own as well.

The Readers on a shelf
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Questions

Do I need this to take the course?

No. The course includes this Reader as an eBook in the app, and your own edition works too. We recommend reading in print; this volume has every assigned text, in the editions the lectures follow.

How do I get the eBook?

It appears in your Roman Roads app library after the order, under the same account.

Can I use it without Old Western Culture?

Yes. It is a complete volume of the great books it holds, intended for high school students, adults reading the classics later in life, and teachers.