by Thucydides · OUP Oxford · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780192821911
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Delve into the history of the Peloponnesian War, a momentous conflict between Athens and Sparta that lasted 27 years and transformed the Greek world. Thucydides, a direct participant in the war, offers a profound analysis of power and its impact on states and individuals. This edition includes a masterful translation by Martin Hammond, complemented by supporting material such as summaries, textual notes, an analytical index, appendices on measures and calendars, maps, and an introduction by P.J. Rhodes.
Thucydides was an Athenian historian and general. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientific history" by those who accept his claims to have applied strict standards of impartiality and evidence-gathering and analysis of cause and effect, without reference to intervention by the gods, as outlined in his introduction to his work.
