5 Primary Sources

• Pausanias (fl.c.160 CE): Description of Greece: Book I: Attica (Athens and Megara) [At this Site]
• Written by Pausanias, a man who was born in Lydia, this is a tourist guidebook that explains the places in Rome.  It was written when Rome was on the high horse, ruling everything.  Pausanias explains each place's history, monuments, daily life, rituals, legends, and folklore.  He also discusses local daily life, ceremonial rituals, legend and folklore. He focused on architecture and the art of each place.
• Solon (c.640-after 561 BCE): Selected Fragments, [At Saskatchewan]
• Solon writes about demos.
• Plutarch (c.46-c.120 CE): Life of Solon (c.640-after 561 BCE) [At MIT]
• Plutarch writes about Solon's life.  Plutarch was the Greek Historian known for writing biographies.
• Herodotus (c.490-c.425 BCE): The Persians Reject Democracy/Darius' State [At this Site]
• Herodotus explains the Persians Rejecting Democracy.  He is the also known as the "grandfather of history" and known for writing about the Persians.  
• Thucydides (c.460/455-c.399 BCE): The Melian Dialogue (Book 5.84-116)[At Charleston]
• Thucydides writes about the dialogue between the Melos and the Athenians during the Pelopponesian War.  The Athenians wanted to take over Melos so that they could be a threat to the Spartans.  Thucydides was known for writing accounts on the Pelopponesian War.