Books
1. Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History, 4th Edition
by Sarah Pomeroy et al. Oxford U. Press, 2017. 9780190686918. $79.99 List.
- Getting this book:
- A physical copy is on reserve at Lief Library.
- Rent (new, used, or digital) or buy (new or used) via the Lehman Bookstore.
- Rent or buy (new or used) via Valore Books or Amazon.
- Buy (new or used) via Abe Books or Alibris.
- Older editions: The third edition is similar, but the second is significantly different.
2. Readings from Hellas: Sources for the Exploration of Ancient Greece, 2d Edition
ed. by Mark Wilson. 2013. 9781490424583. $6.00.
- Getting this book:
- There is a free and complete online version here on this website, so you need to buy it only if you want a physical copy in your hands.
- Rent or buy (new or used) via the Lehman Bookstore.
- Buy in Kindle or paperback (new or used) via Amazon.
- Buy (new or used) via Abe Books.
- The Reader is available as a hardcopy book from the bookstore or via Amazon, or online on this website.
3. Four Texts on Socrates, Revised Edition
ed. by Thomas G. West and Grace Starry West. Ithaca: Cornell Press, 1998. 9780801485749. $14.95.
- Getting this book:
- A physical copy is available in the stacks at Lief Library.
- Hourly borrowing is available via the Internet Archive.
- Rent or buy (new or used) via the Lehman Bookstore or Valore Books.
- Buy (new or used) via Amazon, Abe Books, Alibris, Better World Books, or Powell’s.
- Four Texts on Socrates has Aristophanes’s Clouds, which we’ll be reading in class, but the other works may help your interpretation of the play and especially your essay.
- There are basic transcriptions of Clouds online, but again the intro and notes will be vital to your appreciation of the play, so you should use this book or another full-text book edition.
The assigned books are available from Lehman College Bookstore and from Amazon and other online retailers (try searching aggregators such as Bookfinder for the best deals). Make sure you do so enough in advance that you’ll receive the books in time for the assignments.