The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition - Paperback
by Thucydides
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Availability:In StockContributor:Thucydides, Rex Warner (Translator), M. I. Finley (Introduction by)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:1954-09-30Pages:656
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140440393ISBN-10:140440399UPC:9780140440393Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Ancient, Military, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:Greece, AncientSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SC6ZTG5AX2
The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition
Written four hundred years before the birth of 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...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140440393ISBN-10:140440399UPC:9780140440393Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Ancient, Military, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:Greece, AncientSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SC6ZTG5AX2
Thucydides (c. 460 BC-400 BC) was a general who was exiled for his failure to defend the Greek city of Amphipolis in Thrace. During his exile, he began compiling histories and accounts of the war from various participants. Rex Warner was a Professor of the University of Connecticut from 1964 until his retirement in He was born in 1905 and went to Wadham College, Oxford, where he gained a "first"...
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Revised Edition
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Thucydides, Rex Warner (Translator), M. I. Finley (Introduction by)
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