The Greek Histories. The Sweeping History of Ancient Greece as Told by Its First Chroniclers. Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, and Plutarch. Edited and Annotated by Mary Lefkowitz and James Romm; With an appendix by Jon E. Lendon; Translations by Carleton Brownson, Richard Crawley, Mary Lefkowitz, Pamela Mensch, Bernadotte Perrin, James Romm, and Samuel Shirley

Richard Crawley (1840-1893), translator and writer. Crawley was educated at Marlborough College and later at University College, Oxford, where he graduated with first-class honours in classics. Elected a fellow of Worcester College, he published satirical and poetic works, but poor health limited his academic career. In 1879, he gave up writing and spent his later years in Switzerland and London. From 1875, he directed a life insurance company. ODBN

Mary Lefkowitz (1935-), classical scholar. Lefkowitz was educated at Wellesley College (B.A.) and at Radcliffe College/Harvard University (Ph.D.). She taught for many years at Wellesley College. Her research has focused primarily on Greek poetry, especially Pindar and Greek myth, as well as on the social and intellectual history of classical antiquity.

James Romm (1951-), classical scholar and historian, Professor of Classics at Bard College. Romm received his Ph.D. in Classics from Princeton University. His scholarship focuses particularly on Greek historiography, Alexander the Great, and the early Hellenistic world.