Thucydides: An Introduction for the Common Reader

by Perez Zagorin

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This book is a concise, readable introduction to the Greek author Thucydides, who is widely regarded as one of the foremost historians of all time. Why does Thucydides continue to matter today? Perez Zagorin answers this question by examining Thucydides' landmark History of the Peloponnesian War , one of the great classics of Western civilization. This history, Zagorin explains, is far more than a mere chronicle of the conflict between Athens and...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691123519

ISBN13:9780691123516

Release Date:November 2005

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.3"

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Ancient Greece History

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