Following on from his first two books, Rhodes completes his edition of Thucydides' books on the Archidamian War, providing an Introduction Thucydides' history and on the Peloponnesian War, Greek text with selective critical apparatus and facing translation, and a commentary which should be useful both to specialists and to readers with little ...
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.
A new translation of Thucydides, a foundational text in the history of Western political thought, with extensive student reference material.
The History of the Peloponnesian War
This edition is intended primarily as a textbook for undergraduates and students in the upper forms of schools (both introduction and commentary are meant to be accessible even to less advanced students of Greek), but any Greek scholar will ...
This book, the second of two monographs, consists of contributions by world-class scholars on Thucydides' legacy to the political process.
This volume endeavours to explore the nature of the relation between historical reality and literary portrayal in Thucydides' historical work.
Originally published in 1962, this edition was prepared for new students of Greek who had reached the stage of the 'First School Examination'.
Thucydides
This book is a standard text for any college course in reading Thucydides in Greek. It is also suitable for post-intermediate, secondary school students who want to tackle the works of a popular but challenging author.
In this new political psychological study of Thucydides' first book, S.N. Jaffe shows how the History's account of the outbreak of the war ultimately points toward the opposing characters of the Athenian and Spartan regimes, disclosing a ...