Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War Book II Paperback / softback
by Thucydides
Edited by Jeffrey S. Rusten
Part of the Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics series
Paperback / softback
Description
The second book of Thucydides' history is of particular literary interest, containing as it does such important sections as the funeral oration, the account of the plague at Athens and the obituary of Pericles.
Professor Rusten's commentary aims to assist the students to learn to read Thucydides.
It scrutinises not only the standard historical context but also the literary and philosophical one, and devotes special attention to the exceptionally complex structures and techniques of language which make Thucydides the most difficult as well as most profound of ancient historians.
The introduction surveys biographical interpretations of the text, suggests a new approach to fictive elements in the speeches, and sketches the chief features of Thucydidean style.
This edition is intended primarily as a textbook for undergraduates and students in the upper forms of schools (both introduction and commentary are meant to be accessible even to less advanced students of Greek), but any Greek scholar will find it rewarding.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:276 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:30/03/1989
- ISBN:9780521339292
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:276 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:30/03/1989
- ISBN:9780521339292
