Robert B. Strassler

Robert B. Strassler (born c. 1937) is a businessman, book editor, and unaffiliated scholar. He is best known for his work on the Landmark Ancient Histories series.

Early life and education Robert B. Strassler’s parents were Samuel A. Strassler (1904–1982) and Frieda Strassler (née Cohen, 1907–1999), and were of Ashkenazi Jewish background. Strassler’s father "made a bundle in the wake of the Depression, running syndicates that bought and fixed up liquidated companies” . Robert and his brother David H. Strassler entered the family businesses (initially oil-field equipment, later investments) after their education.

Strassler attended the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, a prep school in the Bronx, where he was introduced to the classics. He then pursued a history degree at Harvard.

After completing his history B.A., he attended Harvard Business School, graduating with his M.B.A. in 1961 as a Baker Scholar in the top 5% of his class.

Career Business After obtaining his M.B.A., Strassler went into business with his father and brother. Strassler helped manage various companies over 20 years, including a marine shipyard, a steel mill, a printing press manufacturer, a retail department store, a die-casting company, a plastic extrusion firm, a shoe machinery company, and a small company in the oil-field equipment business.

Scholarship Strassler retained an interest in ancient history, and in 1976 he became affiliated with Simon's Rock College (now Bard College at Simon’s Rock) in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. The provost asked him to teach a course on ancient Greek history, and he served as a trustee for many years. The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories (2007) The Landmark Xenophon's Hellenika (2009) He served as series editor for the following books: The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander (2010) The Landmark Julius Caesar: The Complete Works (2017) The Landmark Xenophon's Anabasis (2021)

Articles Strassler wrote the following articles in The Journal of Hellenic Studies:

The opening of the Pylos campaign The harbor at Pylos, 425 B.C.