History of the Peloponnesian War: Bk. 6

By:

Thucydides

Format:

Paperback / softback

Series:

BCP Greek Texts

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Book VI of Thucydides deals, through its speeches in particular, with Athenian motivation towards sending the great expedition to Sicily, with the attitudes of various factions involved, and with the seeds of the expedition's ultimate disastrous conclusion. It contains memorable sections on Alcibiades, on the Athenians' excitement at the sailing, on the mutilation of the Herms and a digression on the fall of Athenian tyranny a century earlier. This edition, with introduction and notes, is designed to help senior school and university students read, understand and enjoy Thycydides. Its notes aim to assist translation, draw attention to features of language and style characteristic of the author, make explicit what the author took for granted in his original Greek audience, comment on the historical background, and offer grounds on which to reach decisions as to whether the author's historical statements are true or false.

Release date NZ

September 23rd, 1999

Author

Thucydides

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Undergraduate

Contributor

Volume editor Kenneth J. Dover

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Edition

New edition

Illustrations

black & white illustrations

Imprint

Bristol Classical Press

Pages

214

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Series

BCP Greek Texts

Dimensions

140x216x11

ISBN-13

9781853995873

Product ID

2066656

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