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Ancient Greece: reading list

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Books to read by lamplight after the episode.

Introducing the Ancient Greeks

Edith Hall (W. W. Norton, 2015).

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Ancient Greece: A Very Short Introduction

Paul Cartledge (Oxford University Press, 2011).

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The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life

Bettany Hughes (Knopf, 2011).

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The Histories

Herodotus, trans. Tom Holland (Penguin Classics, 2015).

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The Landmark Thucydides

ed. Robert B. Strassler (Free Press, 1998).

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The Odyssey

Homer, trans. Robert Fagles (Penguin).

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