Moses I. Finley

M. I. Finley

The Ancient Greeks (Penguin History)

"The Ancient Economy holds pride of place among the handful of genuinely influential works of ancient history. This is Finley at the height of his remarkable powers and in his finest role as historical iconoclast and intellectual provocateur. It should be required reading for every student of pre-modern modes of production, exchange, and consumption."—Josiah Ober, author of Political Dissent in Democratic Athens

The Ancient Economy

The Essence of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius (Viking Portable Library (Paper))

The Portable Greek Historians

Ancient Sicily to the Arab Conquest

History of Sicily

Sir Moses Finley explores politics in the city states of Greece and republican Rome and their impact on our understanding of the ancient world.

Politics in the Ancient World

Ancient Slavery and Modern Ideology

discoveries and controversies

Aspects of antiquity

Leaders and followers -- Athenian demagogues -- Democracy, consensus and the national interest -- Socrates and after -- Censorship in classical antiquity.

Democracy Ancient and Modern

H. W. Pleket

A definitive survey of the Olympic Games, from 776 B.C. to A.D. 261. Readers are introduced, with absorbing detail, to the games' events and their historical, social, and religious context. 40 unnumbered plates of illustrations.

The First Thousand Years

The Olympic Games

Essential passages from the works of four "fathers of history"—Herodotus's History, Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, Xenophon's Anabasis, and Polybius's Histories.

M. I. Finley

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