The war of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians / Thucydides ; edited and translated by Jeremy Mynott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thucydides, author.

Contributor:

Mynott, Jeremy, editor, translator.

Series:

Cambridge texts in the history of political thought.

Cambridge texts in the history of political thought

Standardized Title:

History of the Peloponnesian War. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greece--History--Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.

Greece.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (lxiv, 690 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thucydides' classic work is a foundational text in the history of Western political thought. His narrative of the great war between Athens and Sparta in the fifth century BC is now seen as a highly sophisticated study of the nature of political power itself: its exercise and effects, its agents and victims, and the arguments through which it is defended and deployed. It is therefore increasingly read as a text in politics, international relations and political theory, whose students will find in Thucydides many striking contemporary resonances. This edition seeks to present the author and the text in their proper historical context. The new translation is particularly sensitive to the risks of anachronism, and the notes and extensive reference material provide students with all the necessary historical, cultural and linguistic background they need to engage with the text on its own terms.

Contents:

Introduction

Principal dates

Biographical notes

Greek deities, heroes and mythological figures

Greek terms for distances, coinage and the calendar

The War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-107-32649-4

1-107-33293-1

1-107-33625-2

1-107-33459-4

1-139-05037-0

OCLC:

862938520