A translation of Thucydide's history of the wars between Athens and Sparta is critically introduced
This is a companion the Penguin translation of Thucydides' "Books III-V".
Thucydides was an Athenian and achieved the rank of general in the earlier stages of the war, and in this detailed, first-hand contemporary account he writes as both a soldier and a historian.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Thucydides of Athens, one of the greatest of historians, was born about 471 BC. He saw the rise of Athens to greatness under the inspired leadership of Pericles. In 430,...