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Best known for his account of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides (c.
454-c. 395 b.c.) was an Athenian general and historian. This
valuable commentary addresses the most famous part of Thucydides's
narrative: the Sicilian Expedition (books 6-8.1), which resulted in
a major defeat for Athens. Designed for advanced undergraduate and
graduate students of Greek, Martha C. Taylor's student-friendly
text is the first single volume in more than a century to focus on
the expedition and the first to include the Melian Dialogue
(5.84-116), considered the ""prelude"" to the invasion. Many
beginning readers of Thucydides require assistance with the
author's often difficult constructions. In her notes to the text,
Taylor breaks down Thucydides's convoluted sentences and explains
them piece by piece. Her notes also explain the author's many
historical and literary references. In her in-depth introduction,
Taylor provides students with all the information they need to
begin reading Thucydides. She discusses what we know about the
Greek author - and what we do not - and she analyzes his unique
language and style. To place the Sicilian Expedition in historical
context, she summarizes the events leading up to and following the
Sicilian Expedition, and she examines important aspects of Athenian
democracy, including Thucydides's presentation of the Athenian
boule, the city's advisory citizen council. In addition to textual
and historical commentary, this volume includes three maps; an
appendix addressing the epitaph of Perikles (2.65.5-13), in which
Thucydides appears to contradict his later presentation of the
Sicilian Expedition; source suggestions for student term papers on
relevant topics; and a general bibliography. Thucydides's Melian
Dialogue and Sicilian Expedition is designed for use with the
Oxford Classical Text of Thucydides, which is available online.
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From Labor to Reward (Hardcover)
Martha C. Taylor; Foreword by Dwight N. Hopkins
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