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THUCYDIDES: THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR BOOK II
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| By: |
Thucydides, Jeffrey S. Rusten (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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£30.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521339294 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521339292 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
30 March, 1989 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics |
| Pages: |
276 |
| Description: |
This volume of Thucydides' history includes an account of Pericles' Funeral Speech and the plague in Athens between 431 and 429 BC. Professor Rusten comments on Thucydides' conception of these events with a thorough exegesis of passages likely to prove difficult to the reader. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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