History of the Peloponnesian War
revised edition
$25.18
- Paperback
656 pages
- Release Date
30 December 1963
Summary
Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling its author’s ambitious claim. Thucydides himself (c.460-400 BC) 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.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140440393 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140440399 |
| Author: | Thucydides, M. Finley, Rex Warner |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 656 |
| Release Date: | 30 December 1963 |
| Weight: | 475g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 36mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Thucydides
Thucydides was born probably about 460BC. He took a small part in the Peloponnesian War when it broke out in 431BC. ‘The Peloponnesian War’ is the only surviving source for much of the period that he describes. Some of the chronological inconsistencies have been the cause of controversy among scholars for centuries.
Rex Warner (1905-1986) was a classical scholar of Wadham College, Oxford.
M. I. Finley was a lecturer in Classics and then Professor of Ancient History at Cambridge. He died in 1986.
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