The War That Still Goes On Paperback / softback
by NA Thucydides, Plato
Part of the Oberon Modern Plays series
Paperback / softback
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"Adapted from Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian Wars and Plato's Dialogue with Alcibiades by John Barton 2,500 years ago, the great war between Athens and Sparta began.
It lasted 27 years and involved most of the many Greek states in the Eastern Mediterranean.
These shared a common language and were linked by trade and an ever-changing web of alliance. The History of the Peloponnesian War was written by Thucydides, an Athenian general sent into exile by his countrymen.
He was the first man to attempt an objective history of the political complexities of his time, and to make a model, an anatomy, of political behaviour that, he wrote, may be useful in times to come.
His method was to seek eyewitnesses for what was said and done, and to report all speakers fairly and fully.
When evidence for what was said was lacking or self-contradictory, he did not hesitate to imagine the words which, as he put it, 'the situation seemed to require'. He died before the war ended. His book is unfinished."
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:112 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:10/02/2006
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- ISBN:9781840026511
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:112 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:10/02/2006
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- ISBN:9781840026511
