The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition
revised edition
$28.00
- Paperback
656 pages
- Release Date
30 December 1963
Summary
The Peloponnesian War: A Timeless Chronicle of Ancient Greece
Written four hundred years before Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the struggle between Athens and Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling the author’s ambitious claim that the work “was done to last forever.” The conflicts between the two empires over shipping, trade, and colonial expansion came to a head in 431 B.C. in Northern Greece, and the entire Greek world was plunged into 27 years of war. Thu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140440393 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140440399 |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | Thucydides, M.I. Finley |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 656 |
| Release Date: | 30 December 1963 |
| Weight: | 450g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 130mm x 196mm |
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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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