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Thucydides History: Book 1
P. J. Rhodes
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Description for Thucydides History: Book 1
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
With this edition of Book I, P. J. Rhodes provides the ‘prequel’ to his editions of Thucydides’ books on the Archidamian War (II, III and IV.1–V.24). As before, he provides an Introduction on Thucydides’ history and on the Peloponnesian War, a Greek text with selective critical apparatus and facing translation, and a commentary which will be useful both to specialists and to readers with little or no Greek, and which assumes no previous acquaintance with Thucydides. Matters of text and language are discussed where necessary, but the emphasis is on Thucydides’ subject-matter — the Peloponnesian War presented as the greatest ... Read more
With this edition of Book I, P. J. Rhodes provides the ‘prequel’ to his editions of Thucydides’ books on the Archidamian War (II, III and IV.1–V.24). As before, he provides an Introduction on Thucydides’ history and on the Peloponnesian War, a Greek text with selective critical apparatus and facing translation, and a commentary which will be useful both to specialists and to readers with little or no Greek, and which assumes no previous acquaintance with Thucydides. Matters of text and language are discussed where necessary, but the emphasis is on Thucydides’ subject-matter — the Peloponnesian War presented as the greatest ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Aris & Phillips
Condition
New
Series
Aris & Phillips Classical Texts
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908343963
SKU
V9781908343963
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About P. J. Rhodes
P. J. Rhodes was Professor of Ancient History and is now Honorary Professor and Emeritus Professor at Durham University. He has edited and translated four volumes of Thucydides’ Histories in the Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series, as well as two volumes on the Athenian Constitution. His many other publications include Periclean Athens (Bloomsbury, 2018) and The Greek City States: ... Read more
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