Sources
In the specification you are given a list of the published texts that will be used for Prescribed Source quotations, but below we give further details and alternative suggestions.
Please note that only the translations in the specifications will be used in the exam.
1.1 The Challenge of the Persian Empire, 492-479 BC
Literary Evidence:
Herodotus, Histories (from 6.42)
Online text (from 6.42) on Perseus.
Archaeological Evidence:
Serpent Column
On Livius.
Naqs-e Rustam Inscription No. 1 & 2
On Livius.
Xerxes' Inscription
On Livius.
1.2 Greece in Conflict, 479-446 BC
Literary Evidence:
Aristotle, Politics 1284a38
Online text on Perseus.
Diodorus, Universal History 11.46–47; 11.50; 12.2.1–2; 12.4.4–6; 12.38.2
Online text here.
Harpokration s.v. Attikois grammasin
Online text on Harpokration On Line.
(Scroll down to ἀττικοῖς γράμμασιν, about a fifth of the way down the page.)
Herodotus, Histories 7.151
Online text on Perseus.
Plutarch, Aristeides 23; 24.1-5
Online text here.
Plutarch, Cimon 11-12.4; 13.4-5
Online text here.
Plutarch, Pericles 21.1-2
Online text here.
Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War 1.89-118; 5.16
Online text on Perseus.
Archaeological Evidence:
Chalkis Decree
Online text on Attic Inscriptions Online.
1.3 Peace and Conflict, 446-431 BC
Aristophanes, Acharnians
Online text on Perseus.
Plutarch, Pericles
Online text here.
Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War
Online texts of Thucydides are too old to be very useful. Try to use the prescribed Penguin edition: Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War (Penguin Classics) (ISBN-13: 978-0140440393).
1.4 The Archidamian War, 431-420 BC
Aristophanes, Peace
Online text on Perseus.
Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War
Online texts of Thucydides are too old to be very useful. Try to use the prescribed Penguin edition: Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War (Penguin Classics) (ISBN-13: 978-0140440393).
1.5 The End of the Peloponnesian War and its Aftermath, 419-404 BC
Andocides
Online text on Perseus.
Aristophanes, Acharnians
Online text on Perseus.
Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War
Online texts of Thucydides are too old to be very useful. Try to use the prescribed Penguin edition: Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War (Penguin Classics) (ISBN-13: 978-0140440393).
Xenophon, History of My Times
Online texts of Xenophon are too old to be very useful. Try to use the prescribed Penguin edition: Xenophon, History of My Times (Penguin Classics) (ISBN-13: 978-0140441758).
