History of the Peloponnesian War : Revised Edition by Thucydides (1954, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100140440399
ISBN-139780140440393
eBay Product ID (ePID)32738
Product Key Features
Book TitleHistory of the Peloponnesian War : Revised Edition
Number of Pages656 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1954
TopicMilitary / Ancient, Ancient / Greece, Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other)
FeaturesRevised
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorThucydides
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight15.9 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN73-174843
Dewey Edition18
Notes byFinley, M. I.
TitleLeadingThe
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Grade ToUP
Dewey Decimal938/.05
Table Of ContentTranslated by Rex Warner with an Introduction and Notes by M. I. Finley Introduction Translator's Note Book I Introduction The Dispute over Epidamnus The Dispute over Corcyra The Dispute over Potidaea The Debate at Sparta and Declaration of War The Pentecontaetia The Allied Congress at Sparta The Stories of Pausanias and Themistocles The Spartan Ultimatum and Pericles' Reply Book II Outbreak of War The First Year of the War Pericles' Funeral Oration The Plague The Policy of Pericles The Fall of Potidaea The Siege of Plataea Victories of Phormio Thrace and Macedonia Book III Revolt of Mytilene The Mytilenian Debate The End of Plataea Civil War in Corcyra Operations in Sicily and Greece End of Sixth Year of War Book IV Athenian Success at Pylos Final Victory at Pylos Further Athenian Successes Peace in Sicily Fighting at Megara Brasidas in Thrace Athenian Defeat at Delium Brasidas Captures Amphipolis Armistice between Athens and Sparta End of Ninth Year of War Book V Battle of Amphipolis Peace of Nicias Negotiations with Argos Alliance between Athens and Argos Campaigns in the Peloponnese Battle of Mantinea The Melian Dialogue Book VI Sicilian Antiquities Launching of the Sicilian Expedition The Debate at Syracuse The Athenians Arrive in Sicily The Story of Harmodius and Aristogiton Recall of Alcibiades Athenian Victory before Syracuse The Debate at Camarina Alcibiades in Sparta More Athenian Successes at Syracuse Book VII Gylippus Arrives in Syracuse Letter of Nicias Fortification of Decelea Athenian Defeat in the Great Harbour Athenian Defeat at Epipolae Syracusan Victory at Sea Destruction of the Athenian Expedition Book VIII Alarm at Athens Beginning of Persian Intervention The Oligarchic Coup Athenian Victory at Cynossema Appendices Bibliography Maps Index
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisWritten four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling its author's ambitious claim. Thucydides himself (c.460-400 BC) was an Athenian and achieved the rank of general in the earlier stages of the war. He applied thereafter a passion for accuracy and a contempt for myth and romance in compiling this factual record of a disastrous conflict., 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 world was plunged into 27 years of war. Thucydides applied a passion for accuracy and a contempt for myth and romance in compiling this exhaustively factual record of the disastrous conflict that eventually ended the Athenian empire. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
LC Classification NumberDF229.T5.J6 1972
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History of the Peloponnesian war
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