History of the Peloponnesian War
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PRODUCT DETAILS :
DIMENSION : 198 mm x 129 mm
WEIGHT : 447 g
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Biography, Literature & Literary studies
History & Archaeology
'With icy remorselessness, it puts paid to any notion that the horrors of modern history might be an aberration - for it tells of universal war, of terrorism, revolution and genocide' Tom Holland
The long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta plunged the ancient Greek world into decades of war. 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. He applies a passion for accuracy and a contempt for myth and romance in compiling a factual record of a ruinous conflict that would eventually destroy the Athenian empire.
Translated by Rex Warner with an introduction and notes by M. I. Finley
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| ISBN : 9780140440393 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) Thucydides, INTRODUCTION BY Finley, M., TRANSLATED BY Warner, Rex | |
| PUBLISHER : Penguin Books Ltd | PUBLICATION DATE : February 28, 1974 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom | IMPRINT : Penguin Classics |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback | |
WEIGHT : 447 g
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Biography, Literature & Literary studies
History & Archaeology