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Availability:In StockContributor:Christopher Pelling (Editor)Series:Cambridge Greek and Latin ClassicsPublish date:2022-03-03Pages:306
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781316630228ISBN-10:1316630226UPC:9781316630228Book Category:History, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient, Ancient and ClassicalBook Topic:GreeceSize:8.47 x 5.40 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SCZKA3RQ5G
Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War Book VII
In Books 6 and 7 Thucydides' narrative is, as Plutarch puts it, 'at its most emotional, vivid, and varied' as he describes the Sicilian Expedition that ended so catastrophically for Athens (415-413 BCE). Book 7 opens with Athens seemingly on the point of victory, but the arrival of the Spartan commander Gylippus marks a change in fortunes and the Athenian commander Nicias is soon sending home a...
Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781316630228ISBN-10:1316630226UPC:9781316630228Book Category:History, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient, Ancient and ClassicalBook Topic:GreeceSize:8.47 x 5.40 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SCZKA3RQ5G
Pelling, Christopher: - CHRISTOPHER PELLING is Emeritus Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Oxford. His books include, most recently, Herodotus and the Question Why (2019) and, earlier, Literary Texts and the Greek Historian (2000); Plutarch and History (2002); and Twelve Voices from Ancient Greece and Rome (with Maria Wyke, 2014). He has also written commentaries on Plutarch's Caesar...
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