From: Jeff Richard <richaje_at_QLESYSIW8b-YGqN2SevQ6K2KaCOLvRKNXXjYLUmgeVL6sWd_QPUTUfRcCFu9AHYB_cDl>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:58:05 -0000
> A good place to start from. I've used "Histories" a lot. It's > like "News of the World" for pre-Classical and Classical societies.
Herodotus rocks. So does Thucydites and Pausanias. Once while
spending three months in Greece and Italy, I used Pausanias'
"Description of Greece" as my travel guide. Wonderful!