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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      April 2013
      March 2013
      ISBN:
      9781139050371
      9780521847742
      9780521612586
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139050371
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.12kg, 762 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.02kg, 754 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Ancient History, Classical Studies, Politics and International Relations, Texts in Political Thought, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
      Series:
      Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
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    Subjects:
    Ancient History, Classical Studies, Politics and International Relations, Texts in Political Thought, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
    Series:
    Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
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    Thucydides' classic work is a foundational text in the history of Western political thought. His narrative of the great war between Athens and Sparta in the fifth century BC is now seen as a highly sophisticated study of the nature of political power itself: its exercise and effects, its agents and victims, and the arguments through which it is defended and deployed. It is therefore increasingly read as a text in politics, international relations and political theory, whose students will find in Thucydides many striking contemporary resonances. This edition seeks to present the author and the text in their proper historical context. The new translation is particularly sensitive to the risks of anachronism, and the notes and extensive reference material provide students with all the necessary historical, cultural and linguistic background they need to engage with the text on its own terms.

    Awards

    Winner, New Republic Best Book of 2013

    Reviews

    'Altogether, this edition in a crowded field offers many unique annotations complementing its fresh and accurate translation.'

    Donald Lateiner Source: Ancient History Bulletin

    '… an extremely useful edition for its re-situation of Thucydides in his own context, especially for the large numbers of readers of Thucydides in disciplines outside the classics. It is no small achievement to convey in modern English the literary qualities of this most political of ancient historians.'

    Liz Sawyer Source: Oxonian Review

    '…a fine addition to the Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought series … its excellent footnotes will make it a worthy [addition] to any reading list.'

    Benjamin Earley Source: The Classical Review

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