History of the Peloponnesian War
By Thucydides - Translated by Rex Warner
Published by Penguin Classics
Year Published 1972
Book Format - Soft cover
Summary
This book was written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the long life and death struggle between Athens and Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling its author’s ambitious claim. Thucydides himself (c. 460-400 BC) was an Athenian and achieved the rank of general in the earlier stages of the war . He applied thereafter a passion for accuracy and a contempt for myth and romance in compiling this factual record of a disastrous conflict. Rex Warner was a noted scholar of antiquity and has translated numerous works.
Notes - Well read and worn copy. Cover is creased.
By Thucydides - Translated by Rex Warner
Published by Penguin Classics
Year Published 1972
Book Format - Soft cover
Summary
This book was written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the long life and death struggle between Athens and Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling its author’s ambitious claim. Thucydides himself (c. 460-400 BC) was an Athenian and achieved the rank of general in the earlier stages of the war . He applied thereafter a passion for accuracy and a contempt for myth and romance in compiling this factual record of a disastrous conflict. Rex Warner was a noted scholar of antiquity and has translated numerous works.
Notes - Well read and worn copy. Cover is creased.
By Thucydides - Translated by Rex Warner
Published by Penguin Classics
Year Published 1972
Book Format - Soft cover
Summary
This book was written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the long life and death struggle between Athens and Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling its author’s ambitious claim. Thucydides himself (c. 460-400 BC) was an Athenian and achieved the rank of general in the earlier stages of the war . He applied thereafter a passion for accuracy and a contempt for myth and romance in compiling this factual record of a disastrous conflict. Rex Warner was a noted scholar of antiquity and has translated numerous works.
Notes - Well read and worn copy. Cover is creased.
