Author: ThucydidesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Greece
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
History of the Peloponnesian War Done Into English by Richard Crawley
Author: ThucydidesThe Landmark Thucydides
Author: ThucydidesPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416590870
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Chronicles two decades of war between Athens and Sparta.
Thucydides
Author: ThucydidesPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521847745
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 761
Book Description
A new translation of Thucydides, a foundational text in the history of Western political thought, with extensive student reference material.
The History of the Peloponnesian War (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)
Author: Publisher: Royal Classics
ISBN: 9781774378526
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
The History of the Peloponnesian War is an account of the 431-404 BC war between Sparta and Athens. It was written by Thucydides, an Athenian historian who also happened to serve as an Athenian general during the war.
The Peloponnesian War
Author: ThucydidesPublisher: Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 9780872203945
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Presents an English translation of the Greek text which provides an account of the people and events involved in the long, fifth-century conflict between Athens and Sparta, and includes notes, a glossary, and other resources.
History of the Peloponnesian War Done Into English
Author: ThucydidesThe Younger Brother
Author: Richard CrawleyThe Peloponnesian War
Author: ThucydidesPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226801055
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 635
Book Description
"Thomas Hobbes's translation of Thucydides brings together the magisterial prose of one of the greatest writers of the English language and the depth of mind and experience of one of the greatest writers of history in any language. . . . For every reason, the current availability of this great work is a boon."—Joseph Cropsey, University of Chicago
The Spartans
Author: Paul CartledgePublisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 0330475584
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The Spartan legend has inspired and captivated subsequent generations with evidence of its legacy found in both the Roman and British Empires. The Spartans are our ancestors, every bit as much as the Athenians. But while Athens promoted democracy, individualism, culture and society, their great rivals Sparta embodied militarism, totalitarianism, segregation and brutal repression. As ruthless as they were self-sacrificing, their devastatingly successful war rituals made the Spartans the ultimate fighting force, epitomized by Thermopylae. While slave masters to the Helots for over three centuries, Spartan women, such as Helen of Troy, were free to indulge in education, dance and sport. Interspersed with the personal biographies of leading figures, and based on thirty years' research, Paul Cartledge's The Spartans tracks the people from 480 to 360 BC charting Sparta's progression from the Great Power of the Aegean Greek world to its ultimate demise.
Thucydides and the Ancient Simplicity
Author: Gregory CranePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520918746
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War is the earliest surviving realist text in the European tradition. As an account of the Peloponnesian War, it is famous both as an analysis of power politics and as a classic of political realism. From the opening speeches, Thucydides' Athenians emerge as a new and frightening source of power, motivated by self-interest and oblivious to the rules and shared values under which the Greeks had operated for centuries. Gregory Crane demonstrates how Thucydides' history brilliantly analyzes both the power and the dramatic weaknesses of realist thought. The tragedy of Thucydides' history emerges from the ultimate failure of the Athenian project. The new morality of the imperialists proved as conflicted as the old; history shows that their values were unstable and self-destructive. Thucydides' history ends with the recounting of an intellectual stalemate that, a century later, motivated Plato's greatest work. Thucydides and the Ancient Simplicity includes a thought-provoking discussion questioning currently held ideas of political realism and its limits. Crane's sophisticated claim for the continuing usefulness of the political examples of the classical past will appeal to anyone interested in the conflict between the exercise of political power and the preservation of human freedom and dignity.