The landmark Thucydides

a comprehensive guide to the Peloponnesian War

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The landmark Thucydides

a comprehensive guide to the Peloponnesian War

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Thucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta "a possession for all time," and indeed it is the first and still the most famous work in the Western historical tradition. Considered essential reading for generals, statesmen, and liberally educated citizens for more than 2,000 years. The Peloponnesian War is a mine of military, moral, political, and philosophical wisdom.

However, this classic book has long presented obstacles to the uninitiated reader. Written centuries before the rise of modern historiography. Thucydides' narrative is not continuous or linear.

His authoritative chronicle of what he considered the greatest war of all time is rigorous and meticulous, yet omits the many aids to comprehension modern readers take for granted - such as brief biographies of the story's main characters, maps and other visual enhancements, and background on the military, cultural, and political traditions of ancient Greece.

Robert Strassler's new edition amends these omissions, and not only provides a new coherence to the narrative overall but effectively reconstructs the lost cultural context that Thucydides shared with his original audience.

Based on the venerable Richard Crawley translation, updated and revised for modern readers, The Landmark Thucydides includes a vast array of superbly designed and presented maps, brief informative appendices by outstanding classical scholars on subjects of special relevance to the text, explanatory marginal notes on each page, an index of unprecedented subtlety and depth, and numerous other useful features.

Readers will find that with this edition they can dip into the text at any point and be immediately oriented with regard to the geography, season, date, and stage of the conflict.

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Free Press
Language
English
Pages
711

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Cover of: The Landmark Thucydides
The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
September 10, 1998, Free Press
Paperback in English
Cover of: The landmark Thucydides
The landmark Thucydides: a comprehensive guide to the Peloponnesian War
1998, Simon & Schuster
in English - 1st Touchstone ed.
Cover of: The landmark Thucydides
The landmark Thucydides: a comprehensive guide to the Peloponnesian War
1998, Simon & Schuster
in English - 1st Touchstone ed.
Cover of: The landmark Thucydides
The landmark Thucydides: a comprehensive guide to the Peloponnesian War
1996, Free Press
in English
Cover of: The Landmark Thucydides
The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
September 18, 1996, Free Press
Hardcover in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 633-634) and index.
"A newly revised edition of the Richard Crawley translation with maps, annotations, appendices, and encyclopedic index."

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
938/.05
Library of Congress
DF229.T55 C7 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxiii, 711 p. :
Number of pages
711

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL986467M
Internet Archive
landmarkthucydid00thuc
ISBN 10
0684828154
LCCN
96024555
Library Thing
91888
Goodreads
531366

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