The Landmark Thucydides：A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War

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.