(Part 2) Top products from r/ancientgreece

If you like Fagles (and I do), he also translated Aeschylus' The Oresteia (Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides) as well as Sophocles' The Three Theban Plays (Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone). I haven't actually read either of these, although his translation of Aeschylus is on my bookshelf, and I can't speak to their popularity but I'd imagine they're somewhat similar to his translations of epic poetry. I don't think he translated Euripides though. Hope this helps!

It depends how 'academic' you want to go.

For a great 'pop' history of the entire Classical world, a good bet might be Robin Lane Fox's The Classical World, which is very readable and includes both Greece and Rome.

For something more recent, Edith Hall's Introducing the Ancient Greeks is really excellent, and (since it was only released a couple of years ago) is very up-to-date with the latest scholarship. (There is plenty of new evidence on what was happening in Greece between c.1200-700 BCE, for example).

If you want something more 'academic', Robin Osborne's Greece in the Making, 1200-479 BC and Simon Hornblower's The Greek World, 479-323 BC will take you from the collapse of Mycenaean civilisation to the death of Alexander. Both of these are pretty in-depth accounts written by serious historians, and are also a little bit older.

We have fragments and pretty good knowledge of their doctrines. http://www.amazon.com/The-Cynic-Philosophers-Diogenes-Classics/dp/0141192224

For Thucydides and Xenophon I cannot recommend the Landmark series of books highly enough. They are lathered in detailed maps and explanatory footnotes, and come with a wealth of appendixes on everything from Athenian finances to naval warfare to historiography (the study of the sources themselves and how reliable etc. they are). These and all of the books I mentioned are easily and cheaply available on Amazon.

Thucydides - http://www.amazon.com/Landmark-Thucydides-Comprehensive-Guide-Peloponnesian/dp/0684827905

Xenophon - http://www.amazon.com/Landmark-Xenophons-Hellenika-Xenophon/dp/0375422552

Thanks! Can you confirm that this is the one?

Would like to know too.
All I've ever had is http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0140513353/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1419895309&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SY200_QL40

Alternatives to Athens: Varieties of Political Organization and Community in Ancient Greece https://www.amazon.com/dp/0199258104?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf

I learned Koine (Biblical Greek) from the Mounce book.


Classical Greek is much more complicated.

Koine is usual taught to grad students in two semesters.

You could try Robert Graves' accounts:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Greek-Myths-Complete-Definitive/dp/0241952743/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369646616&sr=8-1&keywords=greek+myths

Or more contemporary: Apollodorus, a Hellenistic scholar who tried to collate the myths in one volume:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Library-Mythology-Oxford-Worlds-Classics/dp/0199536325/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1369646747&sr=1-1&keywords=apollodorus

Bear in mind though that many of the myths were continually changed, evolving and being re-written. There are no definitive versions.
You should probably also steer clear of calling them parables, as the word doesn't really apply.