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This volume completes Rhodes’ edition of Thucydides’ books on the Archidamian War, providing an introduction, Greek text with facing translation, and a commentary that caters for both specialists and readers with little or no Greek. Matters of text and language are discussed, but the emphasis is on the war and Thucydides’ treatment of this subject.

Table of Contents

Preface
References
Maps:
1. Greece and the Aegean
2. Sicily and the Toe of Italy
3. Pylos
4. The Isthmus Region
5. Chalcidice
6. Amphipolis
Introduction:
1. Thucydides and his History
2. The Peloponnesian War
3. Summary of Books IV.1–V.24
4. Abbreviations used in Critical Apparatus
Bibliography
Parallel Greek Text and English Translation
Commentary
Index

Thucydides History Books IV.1V.24

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      Publisher: Liverpool University Press
      Publication Date: 1/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780856687013, 978-0856687013
      ISBN10: 0856687014
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This volume completes Rhodes’ edition of Thucydides’ books on the Archidamian War, providing an introduction, Greek text with facing translation, and a commentary that caters for both specialists and readers with little or no Greek. Matters of text and language are discussed, but the emphasis is on the war and Thucydides’ treatment of this subject.

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      References
      Maps:
      1. Greece and the Aegean
      2. Sicily and the Toe of Italy
      3. Pylos
      4. The Isthmus Region
      5. Chalcidice
      6. Amphipolis
      Introduction:
      1. Thucydides and his History
      2. The Peloponnesian War
      3. Summary of Books IV.1–V.24
      4. Abbreviations used in Critical Apparatus
      Bibliography
      Parallel Greek Text and English Translation
      Commentary
      Index

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