[PDF] Thucydides Book 1 eBook

Author : H. Don Cameron
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 18,90 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780472068470

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Offers a better way to read Thucydides through the explanation of grammar and a glimpse into the history of classical scholarship

Author : Thucydides
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 32,28 MB
Release : 2008-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1416590870

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Chronicles two decades of war between Athens and Sparta.

Author : Richard Crawley
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,90 MB
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781017847604

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Author : Thucydides
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 761 pages
File Size : 45,60 MB
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 0521847745

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A new translation of Thucydides, a foundational text in the history of Western political thought, with extensive student reference material.

Author : Donald Kagan
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 13,17 MB
Release : 2013-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0801467217

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The first volume of Donald Kagan's acclaimed four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War offers a new evaluation of the origins and causes of the conflict, based on evidence produced by modern scholarship and on a careful reconsideration of the ancient texts. He focuses his study on the question: Was the war inevitable, or could it have been avoided? Kagan takes issue with Thucydides' view that the war was inevitable, that the rise of the Athenian Empire in a world with an existing rival power made a clash between the two a certainty. Asserting instead that the origin of the war "cannot, without serious distortion, be treated in isolation from the internal history of the states involved," Kagan traces the connections between domestic politics, constitutional organization, and foreign affairs. He further examines the evidence to see what decisions were made that led to war, at each point asking whether a different decision would have been possible.

Author : Thucydides
Publisher : Hackett Publishing Company Incorporated
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 48,34 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 9780872201699

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Designed for students with little or no background in ancient Greek language and culture, this collection of extracts from The History of the Peloponnesian War includes those passages that shed most light on Thucydides' political theory--famous as well as important but lesser-known pieces frequently overlooked by nonspecialists. Newly translated into spare, vigorous English, and situated within a connective narrative framework, Woodruff's selections will be of special interest to instructors in political theory and Greek civilization. Includes maps, notes, glossary.

Author : Blaise Nagy
Publisher : Focus
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 34,85 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :

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An annotated and illustrated Thucydides reader containing passages from books I-VIII of the Histories with introductory material for all eight books of the Histories, commentary and grammatical notes. 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.

Author : Perez Zagorin
Publisher :
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 24,34 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691123516

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This book is a concise, readable introduction to the Greek author Thucydides, who is widely regarded as one of the foremost historians of all time. Why does Thucydides continue to matter today? Perez Zagorin answers this question by examining Thucydides' landmark History of the Peloponnesian War, one of the great classics of Western civilization. This history, Zagorin explains, is far more than a mere chronicle of the conflict between Athens and Sparta, the two superpowers of Greece in the fifth century BCE. It is also a remarkable story of politics, decision-making, the uses of power, and the human and communal experience of war. Zagorin maintains that the work remains of permanent interest because of the exceptional intellect that Thucydides brought to the writing of history, and to the originality, penetration, and the breadth and intensity of vision that inform his narrative. The first half of Zagorin's book discusses the intellectual and historical background to Thucydides' work and its method, structure, and view of the causes of the war. The following chapters deal with Thucydides' portrayal of the Athenian leader Pericles and his account of some of the main episodes of the war, such as the revolution in Corcyra and the Athenian invasion of Sicily. The book concludes with an insightful discussion of Thucydides as a thinker and philosophic historian. Designed to introduce both students and general readers to a work that is an essential part of a liberal education, this book seeks to encourage readers to explore Thucydides--one of the world's greatest historians--for themselves.