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Thucydides: History, Book II

edited with an introduction, translation and commentary by P. J. Rhodes

Most editions of single books of Thucydides are nearly 100 years old, and concentrate heavily on textual and linguistic matters. This new edition of Book II, the book in which Thucydides' main narrative of the Peloponnesian war begins, contains an introduction, a Greek text, an English translation, and a commentary which should be useful not only to specialists but also to readers who know little or no Greek. Matters of texts and language are discussed when necessary, but the emphasis is on the war which formed Thucydides' subject matter, and on the way in which he has chosen to treat the subject. Greek text with facing-page translation, commentary and introduction. (Aris and Phillips 1988)

Table of Contents

Preface
References
Maps: 1. Greece & the Aegean, 2. Central & Southern Greece
Introduction: 1. Thucudides & his history 2. The Peloponnesian war, 3. Summary of Book II, 4. Abbreviations used in Apparatus Criticus
Bibliography
Parallel Greek Text and English Translation
Commentary
Appendix: Athenian Population figures
Index

Biographical note

Professor P.J. Rhodes is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Durham and Fellow of the British Academy. Amongst his many publications are the editions of Thucydides III and IV.1V.24 in this series.

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