Thucydides Histories i.21-23, 89-117, ii.71-78, v.84-116. Xenophon Hellenica I.iv.8-20, II.iii.40-56. There will be done a thorough translation and interpretation of the extracts. Ancient Greek Literature: Thucydides – Genesis, context of the work, language and style, methodology, demegories, manuscripts tradition, sources and reception. Sophists – teaching methods and aspects, influence of the sophists. Rhetoric – introduction to the kinds and their characteristics. Isokrates – Philosophy and poetic style. Xenophon – continuator of Thucydides’ work