A Commentary on Thucydides: Volume II: Books IV-V. 24

by Simon Hornblower

Book Overview

This is the second volume of a three-volume historical and literary commentary of the eight books of Thucydides, the great fifth-century BC historian of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. Books iv-v.24 cover the years 425-421 BC and contain the Pylos-Spakteria narrative, the Delion Campaign, and Brasidas' operations in the north of Greece. This volume ends with the Peace of Nikias and the alliance between Athens and Sparta.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199276250
• ISBN13: 9780199276257
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"