'My work is not a piece of writing designed to meet the taste of an immediate public, but was done to last for ever.'
Written 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.
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'My work is not a piece of writing designed to meet the taste of an immediate public, but was done to last for ever.'
Written 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.
Imprint | Penguin Classics |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Series | Classics S. |
Release date | February 1974 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days |
First published | September 1954 |
Authors | Thucydides |
Introduction by | M. Finley |
Translators | Rex Warner |
Dimensions | 196 x 127 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - B-format |
Pages | 648 |
Edition | Revised [ed.] |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-14-044039-3 |
Barcode | 9780140440393 |
Languages | value |
Subtitles | value |
Categories | |
LSN | 0-14-044039-9 |
Course Code | CLS2602 |