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This week's featured author pages

Theophrastus (371 - 287) -- successor of Aristotle, who developed the latter's philosophy in important respects

Sophocles (496 - 406) -- most successful Greek tragedian, producing what were considered perfect tragedies as well as reforming the performance of Greek tragedy.

Xenophon (430 - 355) -- Greek historian, a disciple of Socrates and later a warrior

Herodotus (484 - 420) -- Father of history and Greek prose.

John Buchan (1875 - 1940) -- Scottish politician and writer