The landmark Thucydides : a comprehensive guide to the Peloponnesian War / edited by Robert B. Strassler ; with an introduction by Victor Davis Hanson.

Author
Thucydides [Browse]
Uniform title
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
Free Press trade paperback edition.
Published/​Created
  • New York : Free Press, 2008.
  • ©1996
Description
xxxiii, 713 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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      Summary note
      Annotations provide context and clarification to this English translation of Thucydides' classic text.
      Notes
      "A newly revised edition of the Richard Crawley translation with maps, annotations, appendices, and encyclopedic index."
      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references (p. 631-634) and index.
      Contents
      • Introduction / Victor Davis Hanson
      • Eight books.
      • Appendix A: The Athenian government in Thucydides ; Appendix B: The Athenian empire in Thucydides / Alan L. Boegehold
      • Appendix C: Spartan institutions in Thucydides ; Appendix D: The Peloponnesian league in Thucydides / Paul Cartledge
      • Appendix E: The Persians in Thucydides / Robert B. Strassler
      • Appendix F: Land warfare in Thucydides / Victor Davis Hanson
      • Appendix G: Trireme warfare in Thucydides / Nicolle Hirschfeld
      • Appendix H: Dialects and ethnic groups in Thucydides / William F. Wyatt
      • Appendix I: Religious festivals in Thucydides / Gregory Crane
      • Appendix J: Classical Greek currency in Thucydides ; Appendix K: Calendars and dating systems in Thucydides / Thomas R. Martin.
      ISBN
      • 9781416590873
      • 1416590870
      • 9780684827902 (pbk.)
      • 0684827905 (pbk.)
      OCLC
      191933820
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