Best of
Greece

1965

The Road to Sardis


Stephanie Plowman - 1965
    Lycius, a young Athenian and cousin to Alcibiades, participates in the final struggles and defeat of his city during the Peloponnesian War.

Greece in the Bronze Age


Emily Vermeule - 1965
    Her vision is fresh, and her writing never lacks verve. Her coverage of the subject is thorough, spacious, and fully up to date. Among scholars, some of her judgments will undoubtedly provoke discussion; but all readers will welcome the excellence of her documentation". -- C. Wilfrid Scott-Giles, Times Literary Supplement