The History of the Peloponnesian War
Author: Thucydides
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Published: 1843
Total Pages: 754
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Author: Thucydides
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Published: 1843
Total Pages: 754
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: H. Don Cameron
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9780472068470
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOffers 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
Published: 2008-04
Total Pages: 760
ISBN-13: 1416590870
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChronicles two decades of war between Athens and Sparta.
Author: Richard Crawley
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2022-10-27
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781017847604
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Mark Fisher
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2017-07-05
Total Pages: 79
ISBN-13: 1351353144
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFew works can claim to form the foundation stones of one entire academic discipline, let alone two, but Thucydides's celebrated History of the Peloponnesian War is not only one of the first great works of history, but also the departure point from which the modern discipline of international relations has been built. This is the case largely because the author is a master of analysis; setting out with the aim of giving a clear, well-reasoned account of one of the seminal events of the age – a war that resulted in the collapse of Athenian power and the rise of Sparta – Thucydides took care to build a single, beautifully-structured argument that was faithful to chronology and took remarkably few liberties with the source materials. He avoided the sort of assumptions that make earlier works frustrating for modern scholars, for example seeking reasons for outcomes that were rooted in human actions and agency, not in the will of the gods. And he was careful to explain where he had obtained much of his information. As a work of structure – and as a work of reasoning – The History of the Peloponnesian War continues to inspire, be read and be taught more than 2,000 years after it was written.
Author: Donald Kagan
Publisher: Viking Adult
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 282
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKKagan, one of the foremost classics scholars, illuminates the historian Thucydides and his greatest work, "The Peloponnesian War," both by examining him in the context of his time and by considering him as a revisionist historian.
Author: Thucydides
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-03-28
Total Pages: 761
ISBN-13: 0521847745
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 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
Published: 2013-01-14
Total Pages: 439
ISBN-13: 0801467217
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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: Simon Hornblower
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780199594634
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Thucydides
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company Incorporated
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780872201699
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDesigned 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.