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History of the Peloponnesian War. / Translated by Rex Warner, with an introd. and notes by M. I. Finley.

By:

Thucydides

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextSeries: The Penguin classicsPublication details: London : Penguin Books , [1972]Edition: [Rev. edDescription: 648 p. : maps. ; 19 cmISBN:

9780140440393

Uniform titles:

History of the Peloponnesian War . English

Subject(s):

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

DDC classification:

888 THU

LOC classification:

DF229.T5 J6 1972

Summary: 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 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 conempt for myth and romance in compiling this factual record of a disastrous conflict.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	888 THU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		035847

Bibliography: p. [621]-623.

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 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 conempt for myth and romance in compiling this factual record of a disastrous conflict.

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