Thomas F. Scanlon is Professor of Classics and Chair of the Department of Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages at the University of California, Riverside. He has published several books on Greek and Roman history, including most recently Sport in the Greek and Roman Worlds (2014) and Eros and Greek Athletics (2002).

"...certainly merits to be considered as a textbook for notably undergraduate students of the subject. To its value adds the fact that it is well written, well produced, that it provides...a concise guide for further reading..., an elaborate "index locorum", and an efficient and comprehensive general index. In providing these assets, the book...offers an excellent value for its price." - Classical Journal

• Preface viAbbreviations ixChapter 1: Origins and Early Forms of Greek Historiography 1Chapter 2: Herodotus and the Limits of Happiness: Beyond Epic, Lyric, and Logography 26Chapter 3: Thucydides on the Ends of Power 69Chapter 4: Xenophon on Leadership and Moral Authority 126Chapter 5: History and Rhetoric in Fourth]Century Historians 160Chapter 6: Diversity and Innovation in the Hellenistic Era 190Chapter 7: Polybius on the Supremacy of a Balanced State 202Chapter 8: Greek Historians in the Roman Era 237Chapter 9: Concluding Observations on Greek Historical Writing 276Further Reading 291Index Locorum 300Index 317