The World's Story: The History of Ancient Greece and Rome in Story, Song, and Art

Part of The World’s Story series edited by prolific author Eva March Tappan, PhD (1854-1930), this book is a literary treasure of living material. Exciting source documents and carefully chosen historical accounts from authors like Thucydides, Herodotus, Xenophon, Cicero, Horace, and Plutarch; selected stories from the Greek and Roman literature of Sophocles, Euripides, Homer, Virgil, and Livy; and rich historical narratives and travel accounts by celebrated authors such as Charles Dickens, Thomas Arnold, Wilkie Collins, and John Buchan. Thoughtfully interwoven between the narratives are famous poems and great art about Greece and Rome. Covering early Greece to the fall of the Roman Empire, this volume is like nothing you’ve ever seen, new or old, in terms of literary quality and beauty. 634 pages.

Used for high school in Living Heritage homeschool curriculum.