Thucydides's The History of the Peloponnesian War is one of the most famous, influential, and moving works of genuine history in our traditions. His brilliant account of the civil war among the Greeks redefined how we should analyze the past, driving a permanent wedge between accounts based on myth and folk traditions and those based on empirical investigation and a rational inquiry into human motives. The work is also a profoundly tragic illumination, not merely of the self-destructive events of the civil war, but also of the future course of human history.
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"After listening to Timothy Shutt and reading and listening to Victor Davis Hanson. I've decided, at 50, to turn over a new leaf and become an autodidact itinerant classics professor. So the Amazon brung me Xenophon, Thucydides, and Procopius. Coming to a town near you, look for it." — Craig (5 out of 5 stars)
"After listening to Timothy Shutt and reading and listening to Victor Davis Hanson. I've decided, at 50, to turn over a new leaf and become an autodidact itinerant classics professor. So the Amazon brung me Xenophon, Thucydides, and Procopius. Coming to a town near you, look for it."
" Sometimes used as an international relations text at universities. It covers every facet of this prolonged struggle between fellow Greeks. "
" This is the best edition of Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War available today. A collection of classicists update the Crawley translation and supply commentary of their own, as well as other helpful study guides. "
" Liked the speeches. Good read for ancient history. "
" After I read the Iliad in High School, I went on a bit of an ancient Greeks kick. "
" Love Thucydides not only for the fact that everyone made great speeches before the big battles. "
" Foundational for the realpolitik approach to IR. "
" Had to read this one for a class, but loved it anyway. ;) "
" I confess, I love the components of the book perhaps more than the whole that they add up to; the Melian dialogue, or the Funeral Oration, are two of the finest component parts of the western tradition. "
" I really don't see the point in reading this cover-to-cover. I had to read Woodruff's abridged version during my undergrad, and it was much more to the point and I liked his translation better as well. "
" This is not an easy book but I never expected it to be. The inclusion of maps and appendices makes it a fantastic edition. I find myself reading the speeches out loud because the translation is so active. "
" Read it for Humanities I, freshman year at Earlham College. Didn't finish it, but plan to reread it soon. "
" Didn't read all of it, but what I did read was great. I'd like to spend some more time with this one. The speeches are great. "
" Incredible first hand account of ancient warfare. Very readable. It is so wonderful we have books like these available still. "
" The political speeches of the advocates for war sound incredibly contemporary in light of recent US aggression. "
" This book has everything: maps, glossaries, etc. Makes Thucydides much more accessible. "
" Perhaps the greatest historical book ... the bloody river slaughter is horrific. "
" A history of the Peloponnesian War. If I were more of an ancient war buff (like George S. Patton Jr. was), I may have gotten into this a lot more than I did. But it doesn't do much for an average person. Reads more like a textbook for grade-schoolers. "
" If Herodotus is a friendly dog, Thucydides is a sly cat. "
" Numerous battles on multiple fronts, thousands of geographical references, battle scenes, dialogues, speeches, nice illustrations and maps for this edition. "
Thucydides (460–400 BCE) was an Athenian general of Thracian decent. After failing to prevent the surrender of the city of Amphipolis to the Spartan commander Brasidas during the Peloponnesian War, he was exiled, when he began compiling his history of the war. He is generally acclaimed as the creator of scholarly history as we know it today.
Neville Jason is an award–winning narrator, as well as a television and stage actor. He has earned seven AudioFile Earphones Awards and been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. He is a former member of the Old Vic Company, the English Stage Company, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the Birmingham Repertory Company. While training at the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, he was awarded the diction prize by Sir John Gielgud.
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