Thucydides

The Peloponnesian War

Mitarbeit:Rhodes, P. J.;Übersetzung:Hammond, Martin

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War combines brilliant narrative and penetrating analysis; his writing has had more lasting influence on western thought than all but Plato and Aristotle. This masterly new translation is the most comprehensive single-volume edition currently available.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Oxford World's Classics
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 708
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 518g
• ISBN-13: 9780192821911
• ISBN-10: 0192821911
• Artikelnr.: 25987664

Autorenporträt

Martin Hammond taught Classics at St Paul's School and Harrow School before being appointed Head of Classics at Eton in 1974, and subsequently Master in College. He was Headmaster of the City of London School from 1984-90, and Tonbridge School from 1990-2005. He has published translations of the Iliad (Penguin, 1987), the Odyssey (Duckworth, 2000), and the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (Penguin, 2006). P. J. Rhodes retired as Professor of Ancient History at Durham University in 2005. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including Athenian Democracy (OUP, 2004), A History of the Classical Greek World, 478-323 BC (Blackwell, 2006), and editions of Thucydides, II, III, and IV.1-V.24 (Aris & Phillips).

Rezensionen

The most accurate and readable translation we now have... the only choice for a serious reading of Thucydides. Steven J. Willet, Arion