[2] Strassler's editions of classical texts, such as those by Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon, have detailed annotations, maps, and appendices, to help readers better understand these ancient works.
[5] 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.
For example, in The New Yorker Daniel Mendelsohn described The Landmark Herodotus (2007) as "bristling with appendices, by a phalanx of experts, on everything from the design of Athenian warships to ancient units of liquid measure", although he said the translation was "pedestrian".
[2][9] In 2014, the Society for Classical Studies awarded Strassler their Outreach Prize for conceiving, initiating, and editing the Landmark Ancient Histories.
[9] Strassler has participated in the volunteer fire department in Alford, Massachusetts, and chaired the Aston Magna Foundation for Music and the Humanities.