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Dec 04, 2017 thucydides classic history of the peloponnesian war documents the catastrophic fight between athens and sparta from 431404 bc. History of the peloponnesian warbook 6 wikisource, the. A commentary on thucydides by simon hornblower, hardcover. Thucydidess melian dialogue and sicilian expedition.

Quite a few comments have been posted about the history of the peloponnesian war. Smith, commentary on thucydides book 7, speech of nicias to the atheni ans on leaving syracuse. Thucydides, an athenian, wrote the history of the war between the peloponnesians and the athenians, beginning at the moment that it broke out, and believing that it would be a great war and more worthy of relation than any that had preceded it. On the implicit ethics and psychology of thucydides. Chapter xviii seventeenth year of the war the sicilian campaign affair of the hermae departure of the expedition the same winter the athenians resolved to sail again to sicily, with a greater armament than that under laches and eurymedon, and, if possible, to conquer the island.

The legitimacy of the empire is explored in several passages, notably in the speech at 1. This is the second volume of a threevolume historical and literary commentary of the eight books of thucydides, the great fifthcentury bc historian of the peloponnesian war between athens and sparta. In the summer of 428 bc, the peloponnesian army once again invades attica. Book six features the curious inclusion of the story of aristogiton and harrmodiusnotable mainly as a nearly unique authorial digression from the history of the war itself. Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war 8 vols. Conventional combat, gruesome disease, mass murder, and civil war tore apart the fabric of the ancient greek world. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, the first. His history of the peloponnesian war recounts the fifthcentury bc war between sparta and athens until the year 411 bc. Audio reading of thucydides history of the peloponnesian war, book 2, chapter 6.

Thucydides has been dubbed the father of scientific. Written by one of the fathers of western history, thucydides history of the peloponnesian war is a landmark literary and scholarly achievement documenting the pivot point in the golden age of athenian democracy. Thucydides has 384 books on goodreads with 74129 ratings. Thucydides divides his history into summers and winters, thus reckoning more accurately, as he points out v. The history of the peloponnesian war the internet classics. Book i is an opportunity to get to know thucydides world and the background for the war to be described. This is the second volume of a threevolume historical and literary commentary on thucydides, the great fifthcentury bc greek historian. The state of greece from the earliest times to the commencement of the peloponnesian war. Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war, book 2, chapter 6. Buy a discounted paperback of a commentary on thucydides online from australias leading online bookstore. Shorey, paul, on the implicit ethics and psychology of thucydides. Thucydidess most popular book is history of the peloponnesian war. History of the peloponnesian warbook 2 wikisource, the. This 70page guide for history of the peloponnesian war by thucydides includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 917 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis.

With great economy, he analyzes the origins of largescale wars. Thucydides books list of books by author thucydides. Booktopia has a commentary on thucydides, volume i. A students grammatical commentary has 2 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature.

Nov 10, 2008 as you become more familiar with the names of people, places and things, the points thucydides makes will also become clearer. Ii 1996 of a historical and literary commentary on the history of the first 20 years of the twentysevenyear peloponnesian war between the athenians and spartans and their respective allies. A commentary on thucydides, first edition abebooks. Chapter i the state of greece from the earliest times to the commencement of the peloponnesian war. And the winter ended, and with it ended the sixteenth year of this war of which thucydides is the historian. Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war, book 2. Athens sends a huge fleet to sicily and suffers disaster. The present volume of commentary covers the ten closelynarrated years 421411 bc, and nearly half of the total of eight books subdivisions of thucydides work. Ii 1996 of a historical and literary commentary on the history of the first 20 years of the twentysevenyear peloponnesian war between the athenians and spartans and their respective allies written by the great fifthcentury bc historian thucydides. The history was divided into separate books by later scholars, but is now, in its. The history of the peloponnesian war, by thucydides 431 bc. Thucydides, the peloponnesian war, book 1, chapter 1.

A jewish magazine of politics, high culture, cultural and literary criticism, american and israeli campaigns and elections, and world affairs. Books i iii by simon hornblower and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The commentary especially addresses the contested and nuanced readings of thucydides greek. The national endowment for the humanities provided support for entering this text. Feb 03, 20 seventeenth year of the war the sicilian campaign affair of the hermae departure of the expedition. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position.

Jul 16, 2012 6 this done, the plataeans sent a messenger to athens, gave back the dead to the thebans under a truce, and arranged things in the city as seemed best to meet the present emergency. History of the peloponnesian war summary and study guide. As usual the athenians do not provide massed resistance. The athenians meanwhile, having had word of the affair sent them immediately after its occurrence, had instantly seized all the boeotians in attica, and sent a. The history of the peloponnesian war is an account of the peloponnesian war in ancient greece, fought between the peloponnesian league led by sparta and the delian league led by athens in the 5th century bc. Please look over our study guide questions below as you read through books 4 and the opening chapters of book 5 chs. This valuable commentary addresses the most famous part of thucydidess narrative. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, the first book. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of scientific history due to his strict standards of. Best known for his account of the peloponnesian war, thucydides c. Here he sets up the conditions that led to the outbreak of the peloponnesian war in 431 b. It is also meant to be used with the abridged edition of liddell and scotts greekenglish lexicon, which reliably contains nearly all of the vocabulary of book i of thucydides. Early in the spring of the following summer the athenian envoys arrived from sicily, and the egestaeans with them, bringing sixty talents of uncoined silver, as a months pay for sixty ships, which they were to ask to have sent them. As a general in the peloponnesian war he failed 424 bc to prevent the surrender of the city of amphipolis to the spartan commander brasidas and was exiled until the end of the war.

List of books and articles about thucydides online research. The first book of thucydides is a compact masterpiece. Thucydides traces the development of athenian power through the growth of the athenian empire in the years 479 bc to 432 bc in book one of the history 1. A commentary on thucydides simon hornblower oxford. Murray, 1906, also by percy ure page images at hathitrust. However, thucydides history was never finished, and as such, ends midsentence in the winter of 411 bce. Lets just approach the speeches as thucydides way of exploring issues and illustrating points. The actual narration of the peloponnesian war begins with book ii. The conflict, fought between the athenianled delian league and the spartanled peloponnesian league, signaled the end of athenian dominance in greece at the close of the fifth. This is the first volume of a twovolume historical and literary commentary on the eight books of thucydides, the great fifthcentury b. A commentary on thucydides hardcover simon hornblower. His work was the first recorded political and moral analysis of a nations war policies. Thucydides book vi, chapters 3053 and 60105 end the first part of the sicilian expedition edited for beginners in greek, london, j. Thucydides text is generally regarded as finely crafted, highly focused, and consistently ontopic.