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History of the Peloponnesian War：Revised Edition

内容简介

WrittenfourhundredyearsbeforethebirthofChrist,thisdetailedcontemporaryaccountofthestrugglebetweenAthensandSpartastandsanexcellentchanceoffulfillingtheauthor'sambitiousclaimthatthework"wasdonetolastforever."Theconflictsbetweenthetwoempiresovershipping,trade,andcolonialexpansioncametoaheadin431b.c.inNorthernGreece,andtheentireGreekworldwasplungedinto27yearsofwar.ThucydidesappliedapassionforaccuracyandacontemptformythandromanceincompilingthisexhaustivelyfactualrecordofthedisastrousconflictthateventuallyendedtheAthenianempire.

作者简介

Thucydides(c.460b.c.-400b.c.)wasageneralwhowasexiledforhisfailuretodefendtheGreekcityofAmphipolisinThrace.Duringhisexile,hebegancompilinghistoriesandaccountsofthewarfromvariousparticipants.RexWarner(1905-1986)wasaclassicalscholarofWadhamCollege,Oxford,andservedasuniversityprofessoroftheUniversityofConnecticut.M.I.FinleywasaprofessorofancienthistoryandmasterofDarwinCollege,Cambridge.Hediedin1986.

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