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This edition of Thucylides epic chronicle, The History of the
Peloponnesian War, contains all eight books in the authoritative
English translation of Richard Crawley. Thucylides himself was an
Athenian general who personally witnessed the various skirmishes of
the war. Ordering all of the events chronologically - a first for
any work of history - he offers a straightforward account of the
conflict, straying little to personal opinions or permitting his
history to be influenced by the politics of the era. For this,
Thucylides' is lauded for his methodical telling of each battle,
which offers the reader insight into Greek and Spartan tactics and
cultures. Throughout the history, we are given transcripts of
various speeches. Although the inclusion of such lengthy quotations
of sources is unheard of in modern history books, the presence of
lengthy oratory in Thucylides' history is considered to be a
cultural trait: speech and rhetoric were prized in Greece as the
prime means of transferring knowledge.
This edition of Thucylides epic chronicle, The History of the
Peloponnesian War, contains all eight books in the authoritative
English translation of Richard Crawley. Thucylides himself was an
Athenian general who personally witnessed the various skirmishes of
the war. Ordering all of the events chronologically - a first for
any work of history - he offers a straightforward account of the
conflict, straying little to personal opinions or permitting his
history to be influenced by the politics of the era. For this,
Thucylides' is lauded for his methodical telling of each battle,
which offers the reader insight into Greek and Spartan tactics and
cultures. Throughout the history, we are given transcripts of
various speeches. Although the inclusion of such lengthy quotations
of sources is unheard of in modern history books, the presence of
lengthy oratory in Thucylides' history is considered to be a
cultural trait: speech and rhetoric were prized in Greece as the
prime means of transferring knowledge.
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