A History of My Times

作者 Xenophon著
出版社 Penguin
出版时间 1979年5月第1版
ISBN 9780140441758
定价 96.00

内容简介

Xenophon's"History"recountsnearlyfiftyturbulentyearsofwarfareinGreecebetween411and362BC.ContinuingthestoryofthePeloponnesianWaratthepointwhereThucydidesfinishedhismagisterialhistory,thisisafascinatingchronicleoftheconflictsthatultimatelyledtothedeclineofGreece,andthewarswithbothThebesandthemightofPersia.AnAthenianbybirth,XenophonbecameafirmsupporteroftheSpartancause,andfoughtagainsttheAtheniansinthebattleofCoronea.Combininghistoryandmemoir,thisisabrilliantaccountofthetriumphsandfailuresofcity-states,andaportraitofGreeceatatimeofcrisis.

作者简介

XenophonwasanAtheniangentlemanbornintheearly420sBC.HewasafineofficerandleaderforAthens,buthissupportofSocratesledtohisbanishment.HelivedundertheprotectionofSpartaonanestatenearOlympia,wherehebegantowritehishistoriesandmemoirs.RexWarnerwasaProfessorattheUniversityofConnecticut.HetaughtinEgyptandEnglandandwasDirectoroftheBritishInstituteinAthens.Hediedin1986.GeorgeCawkwellisaFellowEmeritusofUniversityCollege,Oxford.HehasspecialisedinthehistoryofGreecefromthesixthtothefourthcenturyBC.

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