History of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides, M. Finley, Rex Warner

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Penguin
31 December 1963

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; European history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Penguin Black Classics

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 (c.460-400 BC) 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 contempt for myth and romance in compiling this factual record of a disastrous conflict.

By: Thucydides
Introduction by: M. Finley
Translated by: Rex Warner
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 447g
ISBN: 9780140440393
ISBN 10: 0140440399
Pages: 656
Publication Date: 31 December 1963
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

THUCYDIDES was born probably about 460BC. He took a small part in the Peloponnesian War when it broke out in 431BC. 'The Peoloponnesian War' is the only surviving source for much of the period that he describes. Some of the chronological inconsistencies have been the cause of controversy among scholars for centuries. Rex Warner 1905-1986 was a classical scholar of Wadham College, Oxford. M. I. Finley was a lecturer in Classics and then Professor of Ancient History at Cambridge. He died in 1986