Thucydides: The War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)

Thucydides' Classic Work Is A Foundational Text In The History Of Western Political Thought. His Narrative Of The Great War Between Athens And Sparta In The Fifth Century Bc Is Now Seen As A Highly Sophisticated Study Of The Nature Of Political Power Itself: Its Exercise And Effects, Its Agents And Victims, And The Arguments Through Which It Is Defended And Deployed. It Is Therefore Increasingly Read As A Text In Politics, International Relations And Political Theory, Whose Students Will Find In Thucydides Many Striking Contemporary Resonances. This Edition Seeks To Present The Author And The Text In Their Proper Historical Context. The New Translation Is Particularly Sensitive To The Risks Of Anachronism, And The Notes And Extensive Reference Material Provide Students With All The Necessary Historical, Cultural And Linguistic Background They Need To Engage With The Text On Its Own Terms.--publisher's Website. Introduction -- Principal Dates -- Biographical Notes -- Greek Deities, Heroes And Mythological Figures -- Greek Terms For Distances, Coinage And The Calendar -- The War Of The Peloponnesians And The Athenians. Thucydides ; Edited And Translated By Jeremy Mynott. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Cover 1 CAMBRIDGE TEXTS IN THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT 3 The War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians 4 © 5 Contents 6 Maps 9 Preface 12 Introduction 16 Principal dates 42 Biographical notes 46 Greek deities, heroes and mythological figures 55 Greek terms for distances, coinage and the calendar 58 Maps 61 The War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians 66 BOOK I 68 BOOK II 154 First year of the war, 431–30 [II 1–47.1] 154 Second year of the war, 430–29 [II 47.2–70] 183 Third year of the war, 429–28 [II 71–103] 200 BOOK III 227 Fourth year of the war, 428–27 [III 1–25] 227 Fifth year of the war, 427–26 [III 26–88] 242 Sixth year of the war, 426–25 [III 89–116] 283 BOOK IV 301 Seventh year of the war, 425–24 [IV 1–51] 301 Eighth year of the war, 424–23 [IV 52–116] 331 Ninth year of the war, 423–22 (IV 117–35) 372 BOOK V 385 Tenth year of the war, 422–21 [V 1–24] 385 Eleventh year of the war, 421–20 [V 25–39] 403 Twelfth year of the war, 420–19 [V 40–51] 414 Thirteenth year of the war, 419–18 [V 52–56] 424 Fourteenth year of the war, 418–17 [V 57–81] 427 Fifteenth year of the war, 417–16 [V 82–83] 441 BOOK VI 451 Seventeenth year of the war, 415–14 [VI 8–93] 456 Eighteenth year of the war, 414–13 [VI 94–105, VII 1–18] 510 BOOK VII 518 Nineteenth year of the war, 413–12 [VII 19–87, VIII 1–6] 528 BOOK VIII 575 Twentieth year of the war, 412–11 [VIII 7–60] 580 Twenty-first year of the war, 411–10 [VIII 61–109, unfinished] 612 Appendix 1 Notes on the Greek text: variations from the OCT 646 Appendix 2 Thucydides in the ancient world: a selection of texts 656 Bibliography and further reading 674 Synopsis of contents 680 Synopsis of speeches 689 Glossary 694 Index of names 705 General index 735 Thucydides' classic work is a foundational text in the history of Western political thought. This new translation includes extensive reference material for non-specialists, including maps, glossaries, biographies, chronological charts, notes and an appendix of ancient sources in translation. A new translation of Thucydides, a foundational text in the history of Western political thought, with extensive student reference material