Thucydides: Book I / Edition 2

by Thucydides

Overview

This school/university student edition of "Thucydides: Book I" by E.C. Marchant, consisting of Greek text, extensive philological notes and indexes, is supplemented by a useful later introduction and bibliography by Thomas Weidemann, covering the context and aims of the work and giving essential background to the events described.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780862920272
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/01/1991
Series:	Greek Texts , #1
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	300
Sales rank:	737,115
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Thucydides (c. 460–c.395 BC) was a Greek historian and Athenian general. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the 5th century BC war between Sparta and Athens. Thucydides has been called the father of "scientific history", and of political realism.

Table of Contents

Portrait of Thucydides Preface Essential Dates Introduction
1 The Greek Tradition of Historical Writing
2 Athenian Imperialism
3 Rhetoric
4 The Arrangement of Material in Book I Bibliography Text Notes Greek Index English Index Map of Greek World