Thucydides An Introduction for the Common Reader |
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| Author:
| Zagorin, Perez |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-13880-0 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2008 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $27.95 |
Book Description:
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Designed to introduce both students and general readers to a work that is an essential part of a liberal education, this book seeks to encourage readers to explore Greek author Thucydides - one of the world's greatest historians. It examines his landmark "History of the Peloponnesian War", one of the great classics of Western civilization.
Designed to introduce both students and general readers to a work that is an essential part of a liberal education, this book seeks to encourage readers to explore Greek author Thucydides - one of the world's greatest historians. It examines his landmark "History of the Peloponnesian War", one of the great classics of Western civilization.