Description
Original 1894 hardcover printed in Boston by Allyn and Bacon. Cover has wear and fading. Pages are clean.
This antique volume offers a window into the study of ancient Greek literature in late 19th century America. Published by the renowned Allyn and Bacon, it contains Xenophon’s Hellenica, a vital primary source chronicling the final years of the Peloponnesian War and its aftermath. Paired with selections from the Athenian orator Lysias’ speech against the notorious oligarch Eratosthenes, this text was likely used in university Greek courses. Its aged yet sturdy condition speaks to its role as an educational tool, pored over by generations of students. For collectors, it represents an artifact from the era when the U.S. higher education system embraced the study of Classics to impart moral lessons from the ancient world. Readers will appreciate the opportunity to engage with pivotal works of Greek historiography and rhetoric in their contemporary academic context.
