ancient history sourcebook

Pausanius- Description of Greece: Book 1- This book describes the land of Greece and all the geography. It is one of his travel guides. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/pausanias-bk1.html

Solon- Selected Fragments- He writes about laws and how the city is working. He also talks about some of his accomplishments. http://homepage.usask.ca/~jrp638/DeptTransls/Solon.html

Plutarch- Life of Solon- this is a biography about the life of Solon. Plutarch wrote biographies. http://classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/solon.html

Herodotus- This is about the history of the persian war. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/herodotus-persdemo.html

Thucydides- this is about the history of the Peloppennesian war. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/pericles-funeralspeech.html