The Landmark Thucydides：A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War

图书标准信息

• 作者 Robert B. Strassler 编；Richard Crawley 译
• 出版社 Simon & Schuster US
• 出版时间 1998-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780684827902
• 定价 190.60元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 752页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

ThucydidescalledhisaccountoftwodecadesofwarbetweenAthensandSparta"apossessionforalltime,"andindeeditisthefirstandstillmostfamousworkintheWesternhistoricaltradition.Consideredessentialreadingforgenerals,statesmen,andliberallyeducatedcitizensformorethan2,000years,ThePeloponnesianWarisamineofmilitary,moral,political,andphilosophicalwisdom.However,thisclassicbookhaslongpresentedobstaclestotheuninitiatedreader.RobertStrassler'sneweditionremovestheseobstaclesbyprovidinganewcoherencetothenarrativeoverall,andbyeffectivelyreconstructingthelostculturalcontextthatThucydidessharedwithhisoriginalaudience.BasedonthevenerableRichardCrawleytranslation,updatedandrevisedformodernreaders.TheLandmarkThucydidesincludesavastarrayofsuperblydesignedandpresentedmaps,briefinformativeappendicesbyoutstandingclassicalscholarsonsubjectsofspecialrelevancetothetext,explanatorymarginalnotesoneachpage,anindexofunprecedentedsubtlety,andnumerousotherusefulfeatures.InanylistoftheGreatBooksofWesternCivilization,ThePeloponnesianWarstandsnearthetop.Thisauthoritativeneweditionwillensurethatitsgreatnessisappreciatedbyfuturegenerations.

【作者简介】

RobertB.StrasslerisanunaffiliatedscholarwhosearticleshaveappearedintheJournalofHellenicStudies.HelivesinBrookline,Massachusetts.