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Loading... History of the Peloponnesian War, Volume I: Books 1-2 (Loeb Classical Library) (edition 1919)by Thucydides, C. F. Smith (Translator)
Work InformationThe History of the Peloponnesian War, Books 1-2 by Tucídides
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Edition: // Descr: 440 p. 19 cm. // Series: Greek Series for Colleges and Schools Call No. { 888 T42 4 c. #2. } Series Edited under the Supervision of Herbert Weir Smyth With Introduction and Notes by W.A. Lamberton Contains Appendix, and Greek and English Indexes. // // no reviews | add a review
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HTML: Thucydides's classic chronicle of the war between Athens and Sparta from 431 to 404 B.C. persists as one of the most brilliant histories of all time. As one who actually participated in the conflict, Thucydides recognized the effect it would have on the history of Greece above all other wars. With a passion for accuracy and a contempt for myth and romance, he compiled an exhaustively factual record of the disaster that eventually ended the Athenian empire. Conflicts between Athens and Sparta over shipping, trade, and colonial expansion came to a head in 431 B.C.E., when the entire Greek world was plunged into twenty-seven years of war. This watershed event concerns not only military prowess, but also perennial conflicts between might and right, between imperial powers and subject peoples. Extraordinary writing, scrupulous methods, and keen political insight make this account a joy to read. .No library descriptions found. |
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