The History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides, Warner, Rex, M. I. Finley · 1954
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Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the long life-and-death struggle between Athens an Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling its author's ambitious claim that his writing was designed to last forever. Thucydides himself (c-460-400 B.C.) was an Athenian and achieved the rank of general in the earlier stages of the war. He applied thereafter a passion for accuracy and a contempt for myth and romance in compiling this factual record of a disastrous conflict. A translation of Thucydides' history of the wars between Athens and Sparta with introduction, notes, bibliography, and maps.
Book details
- Year
- 1954
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Penguin Group
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 648
- ISBN
- 9780140440393
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