The Peloponnesian War: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions) - Softcover

Thucydides

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393971678 ISBN 13: 9780393971675

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1998

Synopsis

A masterpiece of historical writing, Thucydides' account of the war fourth in the fifth century B.C. between the Athenian and Spartan alliances established a paradigm for the war monograph. The complete text appears here in a new and spirited translation by Walter Blanco. Jennifer Roberts's introduction and annotations provide vital background information.

Thucydides' military and diplomatic acumen, his understanding of human psychology, and his narrative skill have shaped the writing of history for over two thousand years. "Backgrounds and Contexts" provides supplementary selections from Xenophon, Herodotus, Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and twentieth-century journalist, Walter Karp. "Interpretations" includes richly varied assessments of Thucydides by Theodor Gomperz, Francis M. Cornford, Charles N. Chochrane, R. G. Collingwood, Albert Cook, Cynthia Farrar, Adam Parry, Glen Bowersock, Robert Gilpin, Michael Doyle, and Gregory Crane.

The edition also includes fourteen maps, a chronology, a glossary, a selected bibliography, and an index.

About this title

About the Author:

Walter Blanco is Professor of English at the City University of New York.

Jennifer Tolbert Roberts is Professor of Classics and History at the City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center.  Her books include Accountability in Athenian Government and Athens on Trial: The Antidemocratic Tradition in Western Thought.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Greek

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0393971678
• ISBN 13: 9780393971675
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 592
• Editor: Blanco Walter, Roberts Jennifer Tolbert