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History I

Thucydides ; edited with an introduction, translation and commentary by P.J. Rhodes

(Classical texts)

Oxbow Books, 2014

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History one

History 1

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Greek and English parallel text on opposite pages

Includes bibliographical references (p. [37]-44) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

With this edition of Book I, P. J. Rhodes provides the 'prequel' to his editions of Thucydides' books on the Archidamian War (II, III and IV.1-V.24). As before, he provides an Introduction on Thucydides' history and on the Peloponnesian War, a Greek text with selective critical apparatus and facing translation, and a commentary which will be useful both to specialists and to readers with little or no Greek, and which assumes no previous acquaintance with Thucydides. Matters of text and language are discussed where necessary, but the emphasis is on Thucydides' subject-matter - the Peloponnesian War presented as the greatest war in Greek history, and accounts of the events directly leading to the war and of the growth of Athenian power since the Persian Wars which explain why this war between the two great powers of fifth-century Greece was fought - and on the way in which he has treated it.

Table of Contents

Preface References Map of Greece and the Aegean Introduction 1. Thucydides and his History 2. The Pentecontaetia and the Peloponnesian War 3. Summary of Book I 4. Abbreviations used in Critical Apparatus Bibliography / Thucydides: History I Commentary Index

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  • NCID
    BB19827972
  • ISBN
    • 9781908343963
  • LCCN
    89184458
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    enggrc
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford
  • Pages/Volumes
    vii, 282 p.
  • Size
    21 cm
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