The Greco-Persian Wars: A Short History with Documents

by Erik Jensen

Hackett's  Key Moments in History series titles include original-source documents in accessible editions, intended for the student-user or general audience. This edition, The Greco-Persian Wars, taps our knowledge of the Persian Empire and its interactions with the Greek world. The sources examined were created in different times and places, for different purposes, and with different intended audiences. Using these sources effectively requires recognizing their distinct characteristics. A general introduction about the Greco-Persian wars is included to provide historical background and an overview of the information contained in the original-source documents. Also included are a glossary of terms, a chronology, insightful headnotes to each document, and an index. 

232 pages, Paperback

Published February 24, 2021

Reviews

[Owen · Rating 4 out of 5]

read for my ancient Greece class

A pretty well assembled collection of Persian and Greek sources on the Aegean world before during and after the Persian Wars. I feel that the introductory texts provide a pretty good context for the wider reasons for the war and the governing ideology of the Persian states. I felt that towards the end there were large slogs of Herodotus explaining battles which is usually a pet peeve of mine for ancient history but largely expected in histories of wars. Generally a really helpful tool for studying the wars for a survey of ancient Greece.