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Robin Waterfield - History of the Peloponnesian War, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

History of the Peloponnesian War

Av Robin Waterfield

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC PRIZEA HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEARAn authoritative translation of Thucydides's masterpiece.Thucydides has been essential reading for centuries. A sweeping narrative of the war between Athens and Sparta that began in 431 BCE and would continue until 404. The only existing contemporary narrative of this conflict, Thucydides's words brim with military, moral and political reflections on challenges that still dominate our world today, from the strife of civil war, to the devastation of widespread plague to the nature of political power.In this dazzling new translation of one of the great masterworks of classical Greece, Robin Waterfield's version of The History of the Peloponnesian War offers an incisive and timely window onto the nature and causes of warfare.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2026-10-08
  • Mått: 130 x 198 x 48 mm
  • Vikt: 0 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 752
  • Förlag: John Murray Press
  • ISBN: 9781399814737
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Robin Waterfield is a British classical scholar, translator, and editor, specializing in ancient Greek philosophy and history. Among others, his translations include Plato's Republic, Herodotus's The Histories, Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, and Aesop's Fables. He lives in Greece.

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Athenian historian (if that's what he was) Thucydides is a notoriously gritty and gristly writer. Even his fellow ancient Greeks found translating him hard going. For a happy combination of accuracy (prime Thucydidean quality), literary fluency, and interpretative skill, this new translation by super-experienced Robin Waterfield with the assistance of distinguished ancient historian Polly Low will be far more than a transient showpiece of the sort Thucydides abhorred

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