Author: ThucydidesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Greece
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
History of the Peloponnesian War Done Into English by Richard Crawley
Author: ThucydidesHistory of the Peloponnesian War Done Into English
Author: ThucydidesThe 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.
The 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 Spectator
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1204
Book Description
A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.
“The” Athenaeum
Author: Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: Thucydides
Author: Perez ZagorinPublisher:
ISBN: 9780691123516
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
This book is a concise, readable introduction to the Greek author Thucydides, who is widely regarded as one of the foremost historians of all time. Why does Thucydides continue to matter today? Perez Zagorin answers this question by examining Thucydides' landmark History of the Peloponnesian War, one of the great classics of Western civilization. This history, Zagorin explains, is far more than a mere chronicle of the conflict between Athens and Sparta, the two superpowers of Greece in the fifth century BCE. It is also a remarkable story of politics, decision-making, the uses of power, and the human and communal experience of war. Zagorin maintains that the work remains of permanent interest because of the exceptional intellect that Thucydides brought to the writing of history, and to the originality, penetration, and the breadth and intensity of vision that inform his narrative. The first half of Zagorin's book discusses the intellectual and historical background to Thucydides' work and its method, structure, and view of the causes of the war. The following chapters deal with Thucydides' portrayal of the Athenian leader Pericles and his account of some of the main episodes of the war, such as the revolution in Corcyra and the Athenian invasion of Sicily. The book concludes with an insightful discussion of Thucydides as a thinker and philosophic historian. Designed to introduce both students and general readers to a work that is an essential part of a liberal education, this book seeks to encourage readers to explore Thucydides--one of the world's greatest historians--for themselves.