About this title: 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 ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1954
ISBN-13:9780140440393ISBN:0140440399
Description: Good. Paperback With Wear To The Edges & Corners Of The Cover. Some Underlining Present. Great Customer Service. We Stand Behind All Of Our Products. read more
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Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover shows only light wear, no marks found. Text in English. Penguin Classics. Translated by Rex Warner. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books, New York
Date Published: 1954
ISBN-13:9780140440393ISBN:0140440399
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Text in English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453). Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 656 p. Penguin Classics. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Viking Pr
Date Published: 1954-09-01
ISBN-13:9780140440393ISBN:0140440399
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1954
ISBN-13:9780140440393ISBN:0140440399
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780140440393ISBN:0140440399
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 656 pages. (656 pages) presents a contemporary account of the long life-and-death struggle between athens and sparta. this title compiles a factual record of this disastrous conflict. maps, bibliog, index (Paperback) read more
Description: Reader copy. By Thucydides; ISBN: 0140440399; Pub. : Penguin Classics; Pub. Date: 1954-09-30; Media: Paperback; Weight: 12.8 oz.; book has some water damage, but is still very usable. by Thucydides; ISBN: 0140440399; Pub. : Penguin Classics; Pub. Date: 1954-09-30; Media: Paperback; Weight: 12.8 oz.; book has some water damage, but is still very usable. read more
"Just before I started college, there was a two week late summer honors seminar on the Peloponnesian War and we read this. I had gone to a small, not so great high school-this kick started me into university. It was good to finally be on the same level as my classmates (I read above grade level all through grade and high school and read rings around my classmates)."
""The Corcyraeans...went to the sanctuary of Hera and persuaded about fifty men to take their trial, and condemned them all to death. The mass of the suppliants who had refused to do so, on seeing what was taking place, slew each other there on the consecrated ground; some hanged themselves upon the trees, and others destroyed themselves as they were severally able. During seven days...the Corcyraeans were engaged in butchering those of their fellow-citizens whom they regarded as their enemies: and although the crime imputed was that of attempting to put down the democracy, some were slain also for private hatred, others by their debtors because of the moneys owed to them. Death thus raged in every shape; and as usually happens at such times, there was no length to which violence did not go; sons were killed by their fathers, and suppliants dragged from the altar or killed upon it, while some were even walled up in the temple of Dionysus and died there.""
"Completely awesome. Also reading this book will demonstrate to you that Coase, the Chicago School, and in general law and economics thinkers are doing nothing more than to rehash the ideas that Thucydides understood and applied in his analyses thousands of years ago.
Not that imitation is bad. But these ideas aren't new in this century or the last."
"Only four stars for historical significance. I don't recommend reading it unless you know the war already, enjoy reading war histories, or adore the Ancient Greeks. I fall in the last category and still found it super dull. I read this twice for two classes and still couldn't stomach it. But, it is the first history book in the Western world, so, kind of hard to lose stars on a first attempt."
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