Peter Krentz is W. R. Grey Professor of Classics and History, Davidson College, where he has taught Greek and Roman history since 1979.
"Do we need ... more books [on the importance of Marathon]? The answer is emphatically 'yes,' when the [book is] as good as [this]."-Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal "I love this book! It accomplishes so much at such short length. The Battle of Marathon is not only history but perhaps even literature, evoking the ancient experience elegiacally yet never unmoored from the evidence."-Phyllis Culham, United States Naval Academy -- Phyllis Culham "Historians, topographers, reenactors, and general readers alike will all be indebted to cutting-edge military historian Peter Krentz's original, insightful, witty, provocative, and brilliantly illustrated account of one of the world's most significant battles ever. 'Marathon' is now not only a magic word but also a magical exercise in ancient historiography."-Paul Cartledge, University of Cambridge -- Paul Cartledge "Important new evidence, rigorous research and clear-headed analysis are combined to great effect in this original and persuasive study. The best book yet on the fateful events at Marathon."-Hans van Wees, author of Greek Warfare: Myths and Realities -- Hans van Wees "Peter Krentz has written a lucid account of how and why Persians and Athenians fought at Marathon and provides an insightful and very plausible description of the battle itself. Bravo!"-Robert B. Strassler, editor of the Landmark edition of Xenophon's Hellenika -- Robert B. Strassler "Before Marathon was a race it was a battle, one of history's greatest. Peter Krentz tells its true story in a brilliant blend of scholarship and common sense. His reconstruction is painstaking and often magical. From the force of Persian arrows to the weight of Greek armor, Krentz makes Marathon fresh and real."-Barry Strauss, author of The Battle of Salamis -- Barry Strauss "It is hard to imagine that Krentz's account of the events on that sweltering day can be improved on: the maddeningly elusive topography of the Marathon plain, in particular, has never been better treated."-Peter Thonemann, The Times Literary Supplement -- Peter Thonemann The Times Literary Supplement
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