A Commentary on Thucydides: Volume III: Books 5.25-8.109

A Commentary on Thucydides: Volume III: Books 5.25-8.109 PDF

Author: Simon Hornblower

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2008-11-06

Total Pages: 1128

ISBN-13: 019927648X

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The third and final volume of a commentary on the history of the first 20 years of the Peloponnesian War written by the great fifth-century BC Greek historian Thucydides. Volume III covers the years 421-411 BC (Books 5.25 to 8.109). All Greek is translated, and there is a thematic Introduction.

A Commentary on Thucydides

A Commentary on Thucydides PDF

Author: Simon Hornblower

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Published: 2021

Total Pages: 548

ISBN-13: 9780191913907

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This is the first of a three-volume historical and literary commentary of the eight books of Thucydides, the great fifth- century BC historian of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta who intended his work to be 'an everlasting possession'.