I feel like this book should be called Ancient Greek Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction. I understand that when people say Ancient Philosophy, that most of us in the Western Hemisphere think of the Greeks, but the word Ancient is not relegated to one small area. This work only looks at Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and the resultant philosophers that emerged from those three giants.

That said, it is a good overview for the work of the Greeks. I found the organization to be slightly annoying because Annas tries to base the outline of the book on themes instead of on eras, and so it becomes confusing to sort out the whens from the whats. She also has a tendency to veer into academic jargon, which is not the best way to introduce concepts to an unfamiliar reader.