Classical Greek
How to Write History · Πῶς δεῖ ἱστορίαν συγγράφειν
Lucian
Translated by Kenneth Kilburn
Lucian mocks the hack historians of Rome’s Parthian war and describes the true historian: free, fearless and impartial.
Start reading → Markdown.md ↓- Greek: ed. Kenneth Kilburn, from the Perseus Digital Library (canonical-greekLit, tlg0062.tlg053, CC BY-SA 4.0).
- English: Kenneth Kilburn, from the Perseus Digital Library (tlg0062.tlg053.perseus-eng3). Notes are not included.
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