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The Landmark Thucydides
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Author : Thucydides
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2008-04
The Landmark Thucydides written by Thucydides and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04 with History categories.
Chronicles two decades of war between Athens and Sparta.
The Landmark Thucydides
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Author : Robert B. Strassler
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 1998-09-10
The Landmark Thucydides written by Robert B. Strassler and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-09-10 with History categories.
Thucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta “a possession for all time,” and indeed it is the first and still the most famous work in the Western historical tradition. Considered essential reading for generals, statesmen, and liberally educated citizens for more than 2,000 years, The Peloponnesian War is a mine of military, moral, political, and philosophical wisdom. However, this classic book has long presented obstacles to the uninitiated reader. Written centuries before the rise of modern historiography, Thucydides' narrative is not continuous or linear. His authoritative chronicle of what he considered the greatest war of all time is rigorous and meticulous, yet omits the many aids to comprehension modern readers take for granted—such as brief biographies of the story's main characters, maps and other visual enhancements, and background on the military, cultural, and political traditions of ancient Greece. Robert Strassler's new edition amends these omissions, and not only provides a new coherence to the narrative overall but effectively reconstructs the lost cultural context that Thucydides shared with his original audience. Based on the venerable Richard Crawley translation, updated and revised for modern readers, The Landmark Thucydides includes a vast array of superbly designed and presented maps, brief informative appendices by outstanding classical scholars on subjects of special relevance to the text, explanatory marginal notes on each page, an index of unprecedented subtlety and depth, and numerous other useful features. Readers will find that with this edition they can dip into the text at any point and be immediately oriented with regard to the geography, season, date, and stage of the conflict. In any list of the Great Books of Western Civilization, The Peloponnesian War stands near the top. This handsome, elegant, and authoritative new edition will ensure that its greatness is appreciated by future generations.
The Landmark Thucydides
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Author : Robert B. Strassler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
The Landmark Thucydides written by Robert B. Strassler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Greece categories.
Landmark Thucydides
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Author : Robert B. Strassler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
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Landmark Thucydides
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Author : Robert B. Strassler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
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The Landmark Xenophon S Hellenika
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Author : Xenophon
language : en
Publisher: Pantheon
Release Date : 2009
The Landmark Xenophon S Hellenika written by Xenophon and has been published by Pantheon this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Greece categories.
Here is a new edition of Xenophon's Hellenika, the primary source for the events of the final seven years and aftermath of the Peloponnesian War. --from publisher description.
Thucydides Reader
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Author : Blaise Nagy
language : en
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Release Date : 2012-03-01
Thucydides Reader written by Blaise Nagy and has been published by Hackett Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-01 with Foreign Language Study categories.
An annotated and illustrated Thucydides reader containing passages from books I-VIII of the Histories with introductory material for all eight books of the Histories, commentary and grammatical notes. This book is a standard text for any college course in reading Thucydides in Greek. It is also suitable for post-intermediate, secondary school students who want to tackle the works of a popular but challenging author.
Thucydides
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Author : Thucydides
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-03-28
Thucydides written by Thucydides and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-28 with Education categories.
A new translation of Thucydides, a foundational text in the history of Western political thought, with extensive student reference material.
Thucydides
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Author : Donald Kagan
language : en
Publisher: Viking Adult
Release Date : 2009
Thucydides written by Donald Kagan and has been published by Viking Adult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
Kagan, one of the foremost classics scholars, illuminates the historian Thucydides and his greatest work, "The Peloponnesian War," both by examining him in the context of his time and by considering him as a revisionist historian.
Thucydides
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Author : Perez Zagorin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Thucydides written by Perez Zagorin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
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.