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The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War

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Thucydides known as his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta “a possssion all the time,” and indeed it’s the first and still most famous work in the Western historical tradition. Regarded as essential reading for generals, statesmen, and liberally educated citizens for more than 2,000 years, The Peloponnesian War is a mine of military, moral, political, and philosophical wisdom.

Thucydides known as his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta “a possssion all the time,” and indeed it’s the first and still most famous work in the Western historical tradition. Regarded as essential reading for generals, statesmen, and liberally educated citizens for more than 2,000 years, The Peloponnesian War is a mine of military, moral, political, and philosophical wisdom.

However, this classic book has long presented obstacles to the uninitiated reader. Robert Strassler’s new edition gets rid of these obstacles by providing a new coherence to the narrative overall, and by effectively reconstructing the lost cultural context that Thucydides shared with his original audience. Based on the venerable Richard Crawley translation, up to date and revised for up to date readers. The Landmark Thucydides includes a vast array of superbly designed and presented maps, brief informative appendices by outstanding classical scholars on subjects of special relevance to the text, explanatory marginal notes on every page, an index of unprecedented subtlety, and a lot of other useful features.

In any list of the Great Books of Western Civilization, The Peloponnesian War stands near the top. This authoritative new edition will be sure that its greatness is appreciated by future generations.

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