A Commentary on Thucydides: Volume III: Books 5.25-8.109

by Simon Hornblower

Book Overview

This is the third and final volume (Vol. I 1991, Vol. II 1996) of a historical and literary commentary on the history of the first 20 years of the twenty-seven-year 'Peloponnesian War' (between the Athenians and Spartans and their respective allies) written by the great fifth-century BC historian Thucydides. The present volume of commentary covers the ten closely-narrated years 421-411 BC, and nearly half of the total of eight 'books' (subdivisions)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199594457
• ISBN13: 9780199594450
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 1128 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.4" x 6.2" x 9.2"