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Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics Ser.: Thucydides: the Peloponnesian War Book VI by Christopher Pelling (2022, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101316630218

ISBN-139781316630211

eBay Product ID (ePID)24057252610

Product Key Features

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameThucydides: the Peloponnesian War Book VI

SubjectEurope / Greece (See Also Ancient / Greece), Ancient & Classical

Publication Year2022

FeaturesNew Edition

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, History

AuthorChristopher Pelling

SeriesCambridge Greek and Latin Classics Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2021-032828

Dewey Edition23

Reviews'Book 6 is beautifully written, packed with self-contained information about the text and citations of the secondary scholarship.' Gregory Crane, Tufts University, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal938.05

Table Of ContentIntroduction; Deviations from Alberti; Sigla; THUCYDIDES: THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR BOOK VI; Commentary; Bibliography; Indexes.

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

SynopsisUp-to-date edition of the former of the two dramatic books of Thucydides' Peloponnesian War to deal with the Sicilian Expedition that ended so catastrophically for Athens (415-413 BCE). Aimed principally at undergraduates and graduate student studying Ancient Greek. Published simultaneously with an edition of Book 7., 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 6 features tense debates both at Athens, with cautious Nicias no match for risk-taking Alcibiades, and at Syracuse, with the statesmanlike Hermocrates confronting the populist Athenagoras. The spectacle of the armada is memorably described; so is the panic at Athens when people fear that acts of sacrilege may be alienating the gods, with Alcibiades himself so implicated that he is soon recalled. The Book ends with Athens seeming poised for victory; that will soon change, and a sister commentary on Book 7 is being published simultaneously. The Introduction discusses the narrative skill and the part these books play in the architecture of the history. Considerable help with the Greek is offered throughout the Commentary.

LC Classification NumberDF229