Thucydides
History of the Peloponnesian War : Books One and Two (Loeb Classical Library)
By Thucydides
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Book Description
Thucydides' great history of the war between Athens and Sparta from 431 to 404 B.C. persists as one of the most brilliant histories of all times. This watershed event in Athenian civilization concerns not only military prowess, but also perennial conflicts between might and right, between imperiContinue
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A story, as John Burrow says of his own History of Histories, is selective. It looks forward ‘to its later episodes or its eventual outcome for its criteria of relevance’. Hence a difficulty: The impulse to write history has nourished much effective ... (read full critics)
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Book Details
- English Books
- Hardcover 496 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0674991206
- ISBN-13: 9780674991200
- Publisher: Harvard University Press
- Pub date: Jun 01, 1919
- Dimensions: 1097 mm x 774 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
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| 9780674991200 | Hardcover | $24.00 | $19.20 | bn.com |
| $24.00 | $22.30 | The Book Depository |
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Which Thucydides Can You Trust?
National Museum of Archaeology, Naples/AISA/Everett Collection Thucydides Thucydides wrote his History of the Peloponnesian War in almost impossibly difficult Greek. Maybe the contorted language has something to do with the novelty of his enterprise. ... (read full critics)